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Washing grapes: Franciacorta producer Ca’Del Bosco’s berry spa

July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 jamiegoode 11335 Views

Grapes come into the winery from the vineyard and are crushed, pressed or fermented just as they arrive: with dust

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TOP STORIES Wine Science 

16 things you need to know about grape vine trunk disease

July 5, 2020October 19, 2020 jamiegoode 20424 Views

A quick primer on one of the major viticultural challenges worldwide. 1 Trunk diseases are a major problem worldwide. Famed

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Champagne Latest Wine Science 

Moët et Chandon: the science behind the success of rosé Champagne

July 3, 2020July 5, 2020 jamiegoode 17447 Views

The vast majority of rosé Champagne made by blending still red wines with white wines to make a pink base

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Wine Science 

Juice stabulation, an interesting winemaking technique

June 28, 2020July 21, 2020 jamiegoode 20855 Views

Juice stabulation is a newly famous winemaking technique. It was first used by winemakers in Gascony a couple of decades

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Interview: Dr Greg Dunn, head of the wine division, Plumpton College

June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 jamiegoode 10604 Views

With the expansion of the UK’s wine industry, Plumpton College in Sussex has emerged as an internationally relevant centre for

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Features Wine Science 

The science of flor: what’s that growing on my wine?

June 5, 2020 jamiegoode 30425 Views flor, sherry

What is flor? It’s something that grows on the surface of wine: a film of yeasts. And it alters the

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Wine Science 

Infographic: the chemistry of Sauvignon Blanc

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 jamiegoode 9015 Views Sauvignon Blanc

It’s Sauvignon Blanc day! Here’s a nice infographic from the Bragato Research Institute on the chemistry of Sauvignon Blanc: [Just

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The latest on mouse, the wine taint of our times

April 24, 2020April 24, 2020 jamiegoode 39941 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 29989 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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Features Wine Science 

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

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 jamiegoode 18858 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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Celebrating 25 years of star Canadian winery Tawse, with Celebrating 25 years of Tawse with two pairs of wines, one current, one archive

June 13, 2026 jamiegoode

Tawse, one of Canada’s top wineries, is 25. And last night, on my arrival into Niagara in advance of justing

Revela, where Mariana Salvador is making some exciting wines in Portugal’s Dão region
Features Latest Portugal 

Revela, where Mariana Salvador is making some exciting wines in Portugal’s Dão region

June 12, 2026 jamiegoode
Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (6) Nk’Mip
Canada Features Latest Regions 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (6) Nk’Mip

June 11, 2026 jamiegoode
Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (5) Quails’ Gate
Canada Features Latest Profiles 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (5) Quails’ Gate

June 11, 2026June 13, 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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