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

September 12, 2022November 3, 2025 jamiegoode 5976 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 5085 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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Video: regenerative viticulture – an introduction

August 17, 2022August 18, 2022 jamiegoode 5922 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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With wine tasting, remember our tastes aren’t stable

May 16, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 5789 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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Whole bunches, clusters and stems in red winemaking: an introduction

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 jamiegoode 30219 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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The science of old vines

March 22, 2022March 22, 2022 jamiegoode 28018 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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The closest we’ve come to GM vines: the Colmar trials looking to defeat fanleaf virus

February 26, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 5777 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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Plaimont: looking to old varieties for future success

February 12, 2022February 24, 2022 jamiegoode 7059 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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More on mouse taint

February 10, 2022February 10, 2022 jamiegoode 8278 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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Objectivity in wine tasting: an appeal to sculpture

November 27, 2021November 27, 2021 jamiegoode 6717 Views

Bernini’s sculpture Apollo and Daphne dates back to 1625, and is a striking work. Interestingly, Bernini intended it to be

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Exploring the Roussillon (4) Domaine Pertuisane
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Exploring the Roussillon (4) Domaine Pertuisane

December 28, 2025December 28, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://pertuisane.com/ We’re in Maury. It’s beautiful and rugged, and the vineyards are rocky. I’m with Richard Case, who makes

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Camillo Donati, natural sparkling wines from Emilia Romagna

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Exploring the Roussillon (3) Bila-Haut

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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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