Authentic Wine- Book of the month October 2025
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You have already met the books written by Jamie Goode in the "Wine Book of the Month" series of articles here in the Winesday App. I have already written about "Flawless. Understanding faults in wine" and about "The Goode Guide to Wine", and today it is the turn of the book "Authentic Wine" written by Jamie Goode together with Sam Harrop MW.
Combining Jamie's knowledge with that of a Master of Wine brings clarity to the phenomenon called "natural wine". What is natural wine? What is organic, bio and biodynamic wine? Are these notions confused, do they have something in common or are they completely different?
This book answers these questions and more: it explains with clear examples and easy-to-understand words what authentic wine means, what the diversity of grape varieties means and how terroir influences wine, it provides an introduction to biodynamics and sustainable grape growing, it even talks about some of the most well-known wine faults (these are covered extensively in the book "Flawless. Understanding faults in wine") and about marketing in the world of wine - which today is nowhere near what it should be.
Chapters:
1. Introduction
2. The Diversity of Wine: how a natural approach can help preserve wine's interest
3. Terroir
4. Grafted vines
5. Biodynamics and organics
6. Sustainable wine growing
7. When winemakers intervene: chemical and physical manipulation
8. The natural wine movement
9. Yeasts, wild and cultured
10. Ripeness and alcohol levels
11. Wine faults
12. The carbon footprint of wine
13. Marketing authentic wine
14. Conclusion
Reasons to read the book: "Goode and Harrop are terroirists determined to protect and preserve wine as a unique part of civilized life. Authentic Wine is both stirring manifesto and a reasoned, practical guide. Vive les terroirists!"--Mike Veseth, author of "Wine Wars: The Curse of the Blue Nun, the Miracle of Two Buck Chuck" and "the Revenge of the Terroirists".
Where you can find the book: the book is published in English and you can find it online on Books Express; the orders are received in about 2-3 weeks.
Carmina Nițescu
Winesday & Winesday App
Combining Jamie's knowledge with that of a Master of Wine brings clarity to the phenomenon called "natural wine". What is natural wine? What is organic, bio and biodynamic wine? Are these notions confused, do they have something in common or are they completely different?
This book answers these questions and more: it explains with clear examples and easy-to-understand words what authentic wine means, what the diversity of grape varieties means and how terroir influences wine, it provides an introduction to biodynamics and sustainable grape growing, it even talks about some of the most well-known wine faults (these are covered extensively in the book "Flawless. Understanding faults in wine") and about marketing in the world of wine - which today is nowhere near what it should be.
Chapters:
1. Introduction
2. The Diversity of Wine: how a natural approach can help preserve wine's interest
3. Terroir
4. Grafted vines
5. Biodynamics and organics
6. Sustainable wine growing
7. When winemakers intervene: chemical and physical manipulation
8. The natural wine movement
9. Yeasts, wild and cultured
10. Ripeness and alcohol levels
11. Wine faults
12. The carbon footprint of wine
13. Marketing authentic wine
14. Conclusion
Reasons to read the book: "Goode and Harrop are terroirists determined to protect and preserve wine as a unique part of civilized life. Authentic Wine is both stirring manifesto and a reasoned, practical guide. Vive les terroirists!"--Mike Veseth, author of "Wine Wars: The Curse of the Blue Nun, the Miracle of Two Buck Chuck" and "the Revenge of the Terroirists".
Where you can find the book: the book is published in English and you can find it online on Books Express; the orders are received in about 2-3 weeks.
Carmina Nițescu
Winesday & Winesday App