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Videos Wine Science 

Video: Coravin’s new Vinitas system for producing small samples that last a year

May 15, 2023May 15, 2023 jamiegoode 5237 Views

I caught up with Greg Lambrecht of Coravin to look at the new invention from this most serial of inventors.

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Latest Wine Science 

Alternative packaging for wine: a new report based on research commissioned by UK retailer The Wine Society

May 3, 2023 jamiegoode 5521 Views Business of wine

It’s great to see UK retailer The Wine Society get serious about its carbon footprint and recyclability. They have commissioned

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Features Wine Science 

Cane pruning in pictures

March 30, 2023March 30, 2023 jamiegoode 13005 Views

Pruning isn’t terribly glamorous, but it’s an essential part of viticulture. The vast majority of vineyards are pruned one of

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Features New Zealand Wine Science 

Marlborough at 50: a new project to safeguard the vineyard of the future, using accelerated clonal selection

March 15, 2023May 13, 2023 jamiegoode 8150 Views

So the Marlborough wine region turns 50 this year. With its continued growth and success, you could forgive the region

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Features Wine Science 

When we taste wine, how accurate are our perceptions?

March 5, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 9082 Views

How accurate are our assessments? One question keeps coming back to me. When we judge or rate wine as professionals,

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Big news: new genetic evidence shows that the grapevine was domesticated in two locations, and 3000 years earlier than previously thought

March 2, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 75255 Views

Hold the press: Georgia turns out not to be the origin of the wine grapes widely used today. A significant,

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Features Wine Science 

How can wine regions combat rising temperatures?

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 jamiegoode 5752 Views

Climate chaos is real. With highly irregular weather patterns, we are also seeing a warming trend across the world’s wine

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New to wine Wine Science 

What is a grape variety? What is a clone? Unpacking the science

February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 jamiegoode 26803 Views Chardonnay, pinot noir

We talk a lot about clones and grape varieties. But what, precisely, do these terms mean? Let’s first define ‘variety’.

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Features Rhone Wine Science 

Exploring Costières de Nîmes (3) Michel Gassier and family, adopting regenerative viticulture

January 19, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 7113 Views

Website: https://www.famillegassier.com/en/ Michel Gassier is one of the leading producers in Costières de Nîmes, and has two domaines, making three

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Features Wine Science 

Wines on the edge, imperfectly perfect – a seminar and tasting looking at wine faults

November 15, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 7169 Views

A few weeks ago I visited California, presenting a seminar titled Wines on the Edge in Los Angeles and San

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Gallo, the world’s largest wine company, has three insanely large wineries in California
California Features Latest 

Gallo, the world’s largest wine company, has three insanely large wineries in California

January 17, 2026January 17, 2026 jamiegoode

Gallo (they dropped the E&J bit in 2024) own the three largest wineries in the world. They don’t tend to

Bianka and Daniel Schmitt, making impressive natural wines in Rheinhessen, Germany
Features Germany Latest Profiles 

Bianka and Daniel Schmitt, making impressive natural wines in Rheinhessen, Germany

January 15, 2026January 15, 2026 jamiegoode
Another impressive Swiss producer: Domaine de Montbenay from the Vaud
Features Latest Switzerland 

Another impressive Swiss producer: Domaine de Montbenay from the Vaud

January 13, 2026January 13, 2026 jamiegoode
cave biber valais
Features Latest Switzerland 

Cave Biber, making lovely wines from Switzerland’s Valais

January 11, 2026January 11, 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.

This is an explanation of what an anorak is.

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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