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Tasting top South African Chardonnay
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South African Chardonnay: how does it stack up internationally? A tasting with the South African Chardonnay Association in London

May 20, 2025May 20, 2025 jamiegoode 7892 Views Chardonnay

Website: https://chardonnayassociationsouthafrica.com/ The Chardonnay Association of South Africa is a re-born organisation with the aim to market Chardonnay internationally, and

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Restaurants: Bubala, Soho, London

May 19, 2025June 11, 2025 jamiegoode 1731 Views

Bubala is a small London chain of three vegetarian restaurants (in Kings Cross, Spitafield and Soho) focusing on middle-eastern food.

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Highlights: Les Gaules de Bois Grolleau ‘Jackpot’ 2023 Vin de France

May 19, 2025May 19, 2025 jamiegoode 1015 Views grolleau

Les Gaules de Bois (Vincent Alexis & Romuald Cousy) Jackpot Grolleau 2023 Vin de France10.5% alcohol. Vincent Alexis makes wines

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Photos of Lisbon (2) mono

May 19, 2025May 19, 2025 jamiegoode 639 Views

Another morning wandering around Lisbon, this time taking pictures in black and white. Olympus Pen-F, Leica 15 mm f1.7.

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Around Portugal in seven fine wines: a seminar at Vinho da Casa in Lisbon

May 18, 2025May 18, 2025 jamiegoode 1281 Views

Website: https://vinhodacasa.pt/home-2025-en/ A tour through Portugal in seven wines. This was a masterclass I did at Vinho da Casa in

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Photos of Lisbon (1) colour

May 17, 2025May 19, 2025 jamiegoode 702 Views

Pictures taken on a morning walk around the city, where I stopped off at Garrafeira Nacional and bought a couple

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Highlights: Louis M Martini Monte Rosso Vineyard Gnarly Vine Zinfandel 2018 Sonoma, California

May 16, 2025 jamiegoode 943 Views Sonoma, Zinfandel

Website: https://www.louismartini.com/ Louis Martini established the winery named after him in 1933, just after the repeal of prohibition. He’d established L.M.

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Chianti Classico deep dive (16) Principe Corsini’s Villa Le Corti

May 15, 2025May 15, 2025 jamiegoode 1206 Views Chianti Classico

Website: https://principecorsini.com/en/villa-le-corti/ We are in the northern and eastern part of Chianti Classico here, in San Casciano. San Casciano is

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Meerlust: visiting this important Stellenbosch winery, and tasting right back to the beginning

May 15, 2025May 27, 2025 jamiegoode 2130 Views Stellenbosch

Website: https://www.meerlust.co.za/ Jamie Goode visits Meerlust, one of South Africa’s leading wineries, and then catches up with the team in

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Highlights: Ricasoli Brolio Chianti Classico 2022

May 14, 2025 jamiegoode 1190 Views Chianti Classico

Ricasoli is one of the top producers of Chianti Classico, and this is a really good example of the modern

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Book review: Izabela Kamińska Wild yeast – stories about wine
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Book review: Izabela Kamińska Wild yeast – stories about wine

October 30, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.izabelakaminska.com/index.php/en/wild-yeasts/ Izabela Kamińska is a well-travelled Polish wine journalist, now living in Portugal. I’ve met her on the road

Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership
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Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership

October 28, 2025October 29, 2025 jamiegoode
Hatzidakis: a deep dive into these top Santorini wines
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Hatzidakis: a deep dive into these top Santorini wines

October 27, 2025 jamiegoode
Yarra Valley (5) Yarra Yering
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Yarra Valley (5) Yarra Yering

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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.

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