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Biofiltro: cleaning up winery waste water with worm power, creating high-quality compost at the same time

July 27, 2026July 27, 2026 jamiegoode 900 Views

Website: https://biofiltro.be/ Biofiltro is an innovative way of dealing with winery waste water. And the bonus is that because it

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Video: Spur pruning masterclass with Livio Tognon of Simonit & Sirch

July 21, 2026July 21, 2026 jamiegoode 808 Views

Pruning grape vines is a critical role in viticulture. Vines are perennial plants and almost always, they need to be

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Champagne Features Latest Regions Wine Science 

Champagne Perrier Jouët have implemented regenerative viticulture in half of their vineyard area, and they are already seeing differences in the base wines

July 9, 2026 jamiegoode 1406 Views

Jamie Goode travels to Champagne to visit the vineyards of Perrier-Jouët. Five years ago they began trialling regenerative approaches and

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Video: regenerative viticulture at Champagne Perrier-Jouët

June 30, 2026 jamiegoode 880 Views

Jamie Goode investigates the regenerative viticulture plots in the Ambonnay vineyards of Champagne Perrier-Jouët. This project has been going since

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Videos: Robots in the vineyard, new technology applied

May 14, 2026May 14, 2026 jamiegoode 2471 Views

Viticulture is expensive, and a lot of the cost is paying people to do quite boring, repetitive work. Of course,

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How pruning is done in Bourgogne (Burgundy)

April 15, 2026April 15, 2026 jamiegoode 2380 Views

I was recently filming in Bourgogne (Burgundy), and there were lots of gaps while cameras and lighting were being set

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Video: Vitibot Bakus, a vineyard robot, in action in Bourgogne

April 12, 2026April 12, 2026 jamiegoode 3006 Views

I’ve known about Vitibot Bakus, an autonomous vineyard robot, for a few years, but this week I saw it in

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China Features Latest Wine Science 

Winter Vine Burial in China, a seminar from Professor Huiqin Ma, China Agricultural University

March 28, 2026March 30, 2026 jamiegoode 2347 Views

Huiquin Ma presented a seminar on vine burial to the judges at the Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards in Macau.

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Woodfine: radically natural wines and ciders from a farm on the edge of the Chilterns who have measured the impact of their regenerative approach

March 16, 2026 jamiegoode 2234 Views

Website: https://www.woodfinewine.com/ In 2021 Richard Woodfine left his job and took over a 16 acre farm in Seer Green, Buckinghamshire.

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On alcohol in wine, and attempts to remove it: a report on the state of play with no-alcohol wine

February 20, 2026March 3, 2026 jamiegoode 6883 Views

Let’s do a thought experiment. Imagine you have a stash of wines – maybe a small cellar of a couple

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Minimalist Wines, the exciting South African Syrah-focused winery of Sam Lambson
Features Latest Regions South Africa 

Minimalist Wines, the exciting South African Syrah-focused winery of Sam Lambson

August 8, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.minimalistwines.com/ I popped into Flint Wines to meet a South African winemaker that everyone is talking about. Sam Lambson

Bordeaux Claret: the new AOC Bordeaux Claret Controllée is an interesting move, broadening the appeal of Bordeaux reds
Bordeaux Features Latest 

Bordeaux Claret: the new AOC Bordeaux Claret Controllée is an interesting move, broadening the appeal of Bordeaux reds

August 6, 2026August 6, 2026 jamiegoode
Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Domaine Saint Amant
Features Latest Rhone 

Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Domaine Saint Amant

August 4, 2026 jamiegoode
Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: a big tasting of the reds and the Muscats
Features Latest Rhone 

Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: a big tasting of the reds and the Muscats

August 4, 2026August 4, 2026 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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