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The rare grape varieties of Italy: a Texsom seminar

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Jamie Goode heads from Graffneg to the Wagram wine region in Austria on tractor. As part of the OTW tastings

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The wines of Keuka Lake Vineyards, Finger Lakes, New York State

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Old Vines, Classic Wines: a brief study of Australian wine

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These wines were served at a Wine Australia lunch at the Texsom conference in Dallas, August 2023. It’s a really

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Wayne Belding and Christy Canterbury introduced this Texsom tasting, involving 11 diverse wines from various Mediterranean wine regions. To the

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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
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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

Back in January 2025 well known Italian chef Giorgio Locatelli closed the doors on his London restaurant Locanda Locatelli rather

A quick guide to New Zealand wine
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A quick guide to New Zealand wine

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Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: a Wine Society tasting telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California
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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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