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The latest on mouse, the wine taint of our times

April 24, 2020April 24, 2020 jamiegoode 37795 Views

Mouse taint (mousiness) is a wine fault that I’d not experienced until a few years ago. Now it seems to

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Wine Science 

Ropiness in wine, a new fault for me

April 19, 2020April 20, 2020 jamiegoode 28232 Views wine fault

There are faults you read about but you’ve never experienced. Here I experience ropiness for the first time, in a

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‘Tressage’: an alternative to hedging vines, that claims to have some benefits

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 jamiegoode 17317 Views Viticulture

In viticulture, a widely practiced form of leaf removal is hedging of the canopies, taking off the developing shoots at

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Features South Africa Wine Science 

In the Swartland with Eben Sadie (1): the vineyard

April 7, 2020June 14, 2021 jamiegoode 10683 Views swartland, Viticulture

Over the last 20 years (first vintage 2000), Eben Sadie has established himself as one of South Africa’s leading winegrowers.

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Frost protection using sprinklers: how it really works

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 jamiegoode 15937 Views

The PR agency working for Maison Joseph Drouhin recently send out some pictures of frost protection in their Chablis vineyard

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Wine science: powdery mildew, the wine world’s biggest problem

March 27, 2020March 27, 2020 jamiegoode 19331 Views

Anyone who’s ever tried to grow grape vines without spraying them will probably have come across powdery mildew. It’s the

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Wine Science 

Drosophila suzukii, the bad fruit fly

March 22, 2020 jamiegoode 8756 Views

The common fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is a common feature around wineries at harvest. These tiny flies seem to get

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Sulfur, sulfites and sulfides: a primer

March 7, 2020June 28, 2021 jamiegoode 17824 Views

Pictured above: Vancouver harbour has a famous sulfur pile. It’s stored here after arriving as a by product of oil

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Videos Wine Science 

Video: minerality in wine, a conversation with Steve Daniel and Jamie Goode

January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 jamiegoode 10563 Views

This is a film of a seminar I did last week (January 2020) with Steve Daniel, who is the buying

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glyphosate in viticulture
Wine Science 

The glyphosate dilemma

January 10, 2020 jamiegoode 7145 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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Gallo, the world’s largest wine company, has three insanely large wineries in California
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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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