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Features Wine Science 

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

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 jamiegoode 16353 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 10178 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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Wine Science 

Frost protection using sprinklers: how it really works

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 jamiegoode 15268 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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Features Wine Science 

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

March 27, 2020March 27, 2020 jamiegoode 18350 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 8320 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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Wine Science 

Sulfur, sulfites and sulfides: a primer

March 7, 2020June 28, 2021 jamiegoode 16808 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 10253 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 6874 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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the science of green flavours in wine
Wine Science 

The science of ‘green’ in wine

December 12, 2019December 12, 2019 jamiegoode 14383 Views

Wines are often described as tasting ‘green’. But what does this mean? Jamie Goode takes a look at the science

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Dom Maxwell
Features New Zealand Wine Science 

Dom Maxwell of Greystone, the vineyard ferment guy

November 17, 2019November 20, 2019 jamiegoode 9172 Views North Canterbury, pinot noir

Jamie Goode catches up with Dom Maxwell, winemaker at Greystone in New Zealand’s Waipara wine region, to taste his wines

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Paying more for quality, and the crisis of affordability in wine
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Paying more for quality, and the crisis of affordability in wine

October 8, 2025October 8, 2025 jamiegoode

It costs money to make wine. Quite a bit of it, if it’s done well. The chief problem is this:

Visiting Aya Estate for the opening of their winery: Bulgarian wine playing at a new level
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Visiting Aya Estate for the opening of their winery: Bulgarian wine playing at a new level

October 7, 2025October 7, 2025 jamiegoode
Bonhams is auctioning off the cellar of Locanda Locatelli, and a few of us get to try some of the gems over lunch
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Bonhams is auctioning off the cellar of Locanda Locatelli, and a few of us get to try some of the gems over lunch

October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 jamiegoode
A quick guide to New Zealand wine
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A quick guide to New Zealand wine

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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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