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

November 15, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 7239 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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Features TOP STORIES Wine Science 

Exploring smell and the art of the perfumer, with Dr Melanie McBride

September 12, 2022November 3, 2025 jamiegoode 6136 Views

As a wine person, I’m deeply interested in smell. It’s a sense that lies at the heart of gastronomy, and

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Canned wine round-up

September 3, 2022September 3, 2022 jamiegoode 5204 Views

Canned wines are now a thing. I remember my first experience with them, in Oregon, with the 375 ml cans

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Videos Wine Science 

Video: regenerative viticulture – an introduction

August 17, 2022August 18, 2022 jamiegoode 6053 Views

In this video I introduce the topic of regenerative viticulture, which I’ve recently published a book on. Viticulture faces a

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Wine Science 

With wine tasting, remember our tastes aren’t stable

May 16, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 5856 Views

Our tastes aren’t stable: when it comes to tasting wine, don’t forget intra-individual differences We are familiar with the idea

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New to wine Wine Science 

Whole bunches, clusters and stems in red winemaking: an introduction

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 jamiegoode 30603 Views

The main difference between red and white wine making is that fermentation for reds almost always takes place in the

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New to wine Wine Science 

The science of old vines

March 22, 2022March 22, 2022 jamiegoode 28392 Views

It’s wonderful to see an old vineyard. The vines, with their gnarly trunks, have been growing and producing grapes for

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Wine Science 

The closest we’ve come to GM vines: the Colmar trials looking to defeat fanleaf virus

February 26, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 5900 Views

There are currently no genetically modified vines, but the closest we have come is transgenic rootstocks resistant to a major

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Features France Wine Science 

Plaimont: looking to old varieties for future success

February 12, 2022February 24, 2022 jamiegoode 7231 Views

Back in 1979, three co-operative wineries in the southwest of France joined forces. The cellars of Plaisance, Aignan and Saint

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Wine Science 

More on mouse taint

February 10, 2022February 10, 2022 jamiegoode 8439 Views

Mouse taint is the wine fault of our times, and it’s the bane of natural wine producers and importers worldwide.

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Boekenhoutskloof: a vertical of Semillon, and the 2023 new releases from this top South African winery
Features Latest South Africa 

Boekenhoutskloof: a vertical of Semillon, and the 2023 new releases from this top South African winery

February 6, 2026February 6, 2026 jamiegoode

If any observer of the South African wine scene were to make a list of the top 10 producers, then

Adelsheim, one of the pioneering Oregon wineries
Features Latest Oregon 

Adelsheim, one of the pioneering Oregon wineries

February 5, 2026February 5, 2026 jamiegoode
Visiting Emiliana, an important organic Chilean winery
Chile Features Latest Profiles 

Visiting Emiliana, an important organic Chilean winery

February 4, 2026February 4, 2026 jamiegoode
Maturana, an exciting boutique Chilean winery
Chile Features Latest 

Maturana, an exciting boutique Chilean winery

February 2, 2026February 2, 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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