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Introducing phylloxera, the aphid that changed the face of wine

January 27, 2021January 27, 2021 jamiegoode 28656 Views

The implications of the phylloxera crisis, which almost wiped out wine as we know it, are still being felt today.

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Why alternative packaging for wine has struggled

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 jamiegoode 11016 Views

Jamie Goode argues that we are unconsciously wedded to the wine bottle. There is a recurring cycle in the world

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Nose dive, a field guide to the world’s smells: an important new book from Harold McGee

December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 Lisse Garnett 9841 Views

Most of the experience of wine comes from the sense of smell. Lisse Garnett reviews an exciting new book on

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Wine just tastes of wine: on objects and perception, part 1

December 29, 2020February 2, 2021 jamiegoode 7482 Views

How do we perceive wine? How do we make sense of the world around us? Is there such a thing

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Does your sense of taste and smell improve with practice?

November 19, 2020December 23, 2020 jamiegoode 8469 Views

For eight days in November, I was judging wine for the International Wine Challenge. As one of the co-chairs, I

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Explaining reduction, and dispelling some myths

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 jamiegoode 33644 Views

One of the most interesting of all wine faults is reduction. But it’s a source of a lot of confusion

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Glass bottles for wine: exploring the science

October 14, 2020October 14, 2020 jamiegoode 12584 Views

Glass is remarkable, yet we tend to take it for granted. Wine wouldn’t be what it is today, were it

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TOP STORIES Wine Science 

Why Pinot Meunier is weird (but wonderful)

September 29, 2020November 13, 2020 jamiegoode 13290 Views

Pinot Meunier is an unusual grape variety. Technically, of course, it is not a variety at all. It is a

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Features Wine Science 

Introducing TDN, a compound responsible for petrol aromas in Riesling and other white wines

August 29, 2020August 29, 2020 jamiegoode 24877 Views Riesling

If you are a Riesling fan, then there’s one wine flavour compound you’ll be well acquainted with, even if you

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Must clarification by flotation

August 8, 2020August 12, 2020 jamiegoode 18162 Views

How clean do you want your juice? When white wines are pressed, the grape juice that comes out is pretty

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Book review: Izabela Kamińska Wild yeast – stories about wine
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Book review: Izabela Kamińska Wild yeast – stories about wine

October 30, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.izabelakaminska.com/index.php/en/wild-yeasts/ Izabela Kamińska is a well-travelled Polish wine journalist, now living in Portugal. I’ve met her on the road

Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership
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Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership

October 28, 2025October 29, 2025 jamiegoode
Hatzidakis: a deep dive into these top Santorini wines
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Hatzidakis: a deep dive into these top Santorini wines

October 27, 2025 jamiegoode
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Yarra Valley (5) Yarra Yering

October 25, 2025October 26, 2025 jamiegoode

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Wine anorak is one of the leading wine websites. This is the latest version of the site that began life in 1999, and was founded by Jamie Goode, who at the time was working as a science editor.

Since then it has grown, and Jamie is now a full-time wine writer, lecturer, wine judge and book author.

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Disclosure: unless otherwise clearly marked, the articles on this site are free of conflicts of interest. Any sponsored content will be clearly marked, and potential conflicts of interest will also be disclosed. As is normal in the wine industry, many of the wines tasted here are free samples and some travel is sponsored by others (for example, regional bodies or groups of producers), but in these cases no guarantees of coverage are given.

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