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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 6150 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 7476 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 8763 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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Features Wine Science 

Objectivity in wine tasting: an appeal to sculpture

November 27, 2021November 27, 2021 jamiegoode 7099 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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Features New to wine Wine Science 

Regenerative viticulture: what is it, and why all the fuss now?

November 18, 2021 jamiegoode 38024 Views

There are lots of different ways of farming vineyards. Conventional, sustainable, organic, biodynamic – and now we have the newcomer

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Champagne Features Wine Science 

Visiting Champagne Mumm (2): new approaches to viticulture

October 19, 2021March 28, 2022 jamiegoode 7909 Views

Mumm is one of the two Champagne houses owned by Pernod Ricard, along with Perrier-Jouët. I visited them during harvest

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Champagne Features Wine Science 

Champagne Veuve Cliquot reserve wine tasting: getting geeky about fizz

October 16, 2021October 16, 2021 jamiegoode 6939 Views

This was an interesting tasting of reserve wines from Veuve Clicquot. La Grand Dame Vintage 2012 label was designed by

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Wine Science 

Wine in cans: technical issues

October 8, 2021October 9, 2021 jamiegoode 17366 Views

Canned wine is taking off, but it turns out not to be so simple from a technical perspective. Jamie Goode

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Features Wine Science 

Don’t be made to feel guilty about drinking wine

August 15, 2021October 1, 2021 jamiegoode 12624 Views

The culture I am part of has weird feelings about wine consumption. You could argue that it has an uneasy

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TOP STORIES Wine Science 

My new book! The third edition of Wine Science, launched next week

May 28, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 9661 Views

Next week, the third edition of Wine Science is published by Mitchell Beazley. [In the USA, it’s exactly the same

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Judging the 2026 Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards in Macau
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Judging the 2026 Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards in Macau

April 8, 2026April 8, 2026 jamiegoode

In March 2026 a group of experienced wine judges from around the world gathered in Macau, China, to judge the

Swartberg Wingerde: the amazing Piekeneerskloof wines of Rudiger Gretschel
Features Latest Profiles South Africa 

Swartberg Wingerde: the amazing Piekeneerskloof wines of Rudiger Gretschel

April 3, 2026April 3, 2026 jamiegoode
Domaine des Tourelles, making impressive wines in Lebanon
Features Latest Lebanon 

Domaine des Tourelles, making impressive wines in Lebanon

April 1, 2026April 1, 2026 jamiegoode
Brooks: impressive wines from Oregon with a particular focus on Riesling
Features Latest Oregon 

Brooks: impressive wines from Oregon with a particular focus on Riesling

March 31, 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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