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glyphosate in viticulture
Wine Science 

The glyphosate dilemma

January 10, 2020 jamiegoode 7932 Views Viticulture

I’ve just had an article published in Meininger’s Wine Business International that I think is quite important. I don’t make

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the science of green flavours in wine
Wine Science 

The science of ‘green’ in wine

December 12, 2019December 12, 2019 jamiegoode 17129 Views

Wines are often described as tasting ‘green’. But what does this mean? Jamie Goode takes a look at the science

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Dom Maxwell
Features New Zealand Wine Science 

Dom Maxwell of Greystone, the vineyard ferment guy

November 17, 2019November 20, 2019 jamiegoode 10425 Views North Canterbury, pinot noir

Jamie Goode catches up with Dom Maxwell, winemaker at Greystone in New Zealand’s Waipara wine region, to taste his wines

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Videos Wine Science 

Video: visiting Trentino to see Cavit’s groundbreaking PICA viticultural app in action

November 2, 2019November 2, 2019 jamiegoode 6450 Views

This is a film showing PICA in action in the vineyards of Trentino. It’s sophisticated computer modelling on all the

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Features Italy Wine Science 

Applying a model of vineyard variability in the vineyards of Trentino, with Cavit

November 2, 2019November 30, 2019 jamiegoode 9036 Views Trentino

Jamie Goode travels to the scenic Trentino region in Italy. Here, leading producer Cavit have developed an exciting technology called

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Features Wine Science 

Ripeness, part 3: solutions to over-ripeness and high alcohol

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 jamiegoode 11114 Views

Part 3 of 3 in a series focusing on the thorny issue of ripeness Some winegrowers pick late because they

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Features Wine Science 

Ripeness, part 2: pursuing balance

October 24, 2019October 30, 2019 jamiegoode 10006 Views

Ripeness in Bordeaux Of all the wine regions where ripeness has been a topic of controversy, one of the most

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Beaujolais Wine Science 

Using a microscope to monitor fermentations at Lapierre

October 23, 2019December 29, 2019 jamiegoode 12544 Views Natural wine

Natural winemaking doesn’t mean just letting wine ferments do their own thing. If you want to make good natural wines,

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Features Wine Science 

Ripeness in wine, part 1

October 20, 2019October 30, 2019 jamiegoode 14518 Views

In the first of a three-part series Jamie Goode explores one of the most pressing questions in the world of

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Wine Science 

Advances in wine science: what have the scientists done for us?

September 19, 2019September 19, 2019 jamiegoode 8507 Views

I’m a scientist, but—as Andrew Jefford so nicely put a few years back when reviewing my wine science book—I’m not

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Chile Features Latest Regions 

Viña González Bastías, Maule Valley, Chile: exciting naturally made wines from an amazing old vineyard

September 25, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.vinosgonzalezbastias.com/ Jose Luís Bastías and Daniela Lorenzo are custodians of a remarkable six-hectare vineyard in Chile’s Maule Valley planted

Sicus: distinctive low-intervention wines from Catalunya
Features Latest Spain 

Sicus: distinctive low-intervention wines from Catalunya

September 23, 2026 jamiegoode
Germany’s top Rieslings at the VDP tasting: Mittelrhein, Franken, Sachsen, Nahe and Rheinhessen
Features Germany Latest 

Germany’s top Rieslings at the VDP tasting: Mittelrhein, Franken, Sachsen, Nahe and Rheinhessen

September 23, 2026September 23, 2026 jamiegoode
Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes
Champagne Features Latest Portugal Regions 

Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes

September 16, 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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