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Burgundy Profiles TOP STORIES Uncategorized 

In pursuit of Aligoté: visiting Les Champs des Themis, Bouzeron

May 3, 2020May 15, 2021 jamiegoode 10155 Views Aligote

Jamie Goode visits Xavier Moissenet, who’s making some amazing Aligoté in Bouzeron – Bourgogne’s appellation devoted to the grape. He

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Burgundy Videos 

Video: Les Champs de Themis, championing Aligoté

May 3, 2020May 3, 2020 jamiegoode 5691 Views

Jamie Goode visits Xavier Moissenet of Les Champs de Themis, who farms 4.5 hectares of vines organically. He’s based in

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Highlights: Reynvaan In The Rocks Syrah 2016 Walla Walla

May 2, 2020 jamiegoode 4796 Views syrah

Reynvaan Family Vineyards In The Rocks Syrah 2016 Walla Walla, Washington State13.5% alcohol. This is so distinctive, and quite beautiful.

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Wine Science 

Infographic: the chemistry of Sauvignon Blanc

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 jamiegoode 9099 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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Beaujolais Latest Profiles 

Château du Moulin-à-Vent: a new Beaujolais star

April 29, 2020April 30, 2020 jamiegoode 11406 Views Gamay

Moulin-à-Vent is one of the most prestigious of the crus of Beaujolais, and has a reputation for making ageworthy wines.

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Features Videos 

Can big companies make natural wines? Cramele Recas and their orange and glou glou wines

April 28, 2020May 15, 2020 jamiegoode 10743 Views Natural wine, Romania

Can a big company make natural wine? Cramele Recas is a forward-thinking winery in Romania that makes 25 million bottles.

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Canada Profiles TOP STORIES 

Les Pervenches: stunning natural wines from Québec’s Chardonnay Pioneer

April 27, 2020April 27, 2020 jamiegoode 12468 Views Chardonnay, Quebec

Once just a tourist industry making wines for local consumption, Québec’s wine scene is beginning to wake up, led by

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Burgundy Highlights Videos 

Highlights: Chavy-Chouet Bourgogne Les Femelottes 2018

April 25, 2020April 26, 2020 jamiegoode 8647 Views Chardonnay

This is an impressive wine from the newly-exciting Meursault-based Domaine Chavy Chouet. Femelottes is a 3 hectare parcel on clay/sand

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Features TOP STORIES Wine Science 

The latest on mouse, the wine taint of our times

April 24, 2020April 24, 2020 jamiegoode 40516 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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China Features 

Lenz Moser and his Chinese dream: Changyu Moser XV

April 23, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 11668 Views

Isolation means no travel, but thanks to Zoom, Instagram and various other video-capable apps, that doesn’t stop wine journalists like

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The new releases from Radford Dale, including Elgin and Vinum bottlings from 2025
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The new releases from Radford Dale, including Elgin and Vinum bottlings from 2025

August 10, 2026August 10, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.radforddale.com/ I have been following the wines of Radford Dale with some interest over the last three years. The

Unusual grape varieties: a tasting at Shrine to the Vine
Features Latest TOP STORIES 

Unusual grape varieties: a tasting at Shrine to the Vine

August 9, 2026August 11, 2026 jamiegoode
Minimalist Wines, the exciting South African Syrah-focused winery of Sam Lambson
Features Latest Regions South Africa 

Minimalist Wines, the exciting South African Syrah-focused winery of Sam Lambson

August 8, 2026 jamiegoode
Bordeaux Claret: the new AOC Bordeaux Claret Controllée is an interesting move, broadening the appeal of Bordeaux reds
Bordeaux Features Latest 

Bordeaux Claret: the new AOC Bordeaux Claret Controllée is an interesting move, broadening the appeal of Bordeaux reds

August 6, 2026August 6, 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.

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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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