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Features Rhone

Gigondas goes white: tasting the first of the new Gigondas Blanc wines

June 15, 2024March 28, 2025 jamiegoode 5207 Views

There’s a lot of excitement in Gigondas about white wines. From 2023, Gigondas can be white as well as red!

Highlights Portugal

Highlights: Ag.Hora Loureiro Gio Chezade x Soalheiro 2020 Vinho Verde, Portugal

June 13, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 1851 Views

So impressed by this wine! I tried it a while back, then bought a bottle and recently cracked it, and

Burgundy Features

Domaine des Lambrays: hitting fresh heights with a new cellar and some new wines, plus two gems from the 1930s

June 13, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 5390 Views pinot noir

Website: https://www.lambrays.com/en/le-domaine-des-lambrays/ It’s rare to get a chance to taste through so many wines from a top Burgundy producer in

California Features

Tatomer: beautiful wines from Santa Barbara, California, with a Riesling emphasis

June 12, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 1898 Views gruner veltliner, Riesling

Website: https://www.tatomerwines.com/ Graham Tatomer is from Santa Barbara, where Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Riesling were the three main varieties. ‘Riesling

Australia Features

William Downie, one of Australia’s most thoughtful winegrowers, based in Gippsland, Victoria

June 10, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 7505 Views Gippsland, pinot noir

Website: https://www.williamdownie.com.au/ William Downie is one of the most thoughtful and interesting winegrowers in Australia. I visited back in December

Highlights South Africa

Highlights: Lourens Family Wines Lindi Carien 2022 Western Cape, South Africa

June 9, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 2890 Views

Found this wine on the shelf at the Kew branch of the excellent Good Wine Shop. After a walk on

Champagne Features

Champagne Pierre Gimonnet: tasting these excellent grower Champagnes with Didier Gimonnet

June 9, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 3984 Views

Website: https://www.champagne-gimonnet.com/ Based in Cuis, Gimonnet is one of the larger grower Champagne producers with 28 hectares of vines. Half

Food and wine Portugal

Restaurants: Nuno Mendes’ exceptional Cozinha das Flores in Porto

June 8, 2024October 17, 2024 jamiegoode 9440 Views Restaurants

Website: https://cozinhadasflores.com/ I went twice in two nights to Cozinha das Flores. It was that good. The first time was

Food and wine Highlights Spain

Highlights: Barbadillo Manzanilla Solear NV Spain

June 7, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 3837 Views manzanilla

Is there a better value wine than biologically aged Fino Sherry and Manzanilla? This Solear from Barbadillo is available on

Wine Science

Spigamonti, a new old grape in Valpolicella with distinctive features

June 7, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 3699 Views

Back in 2009 I did a tasting of some recovered grape varieties in Valpolicella. This is a region dominated by