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Gigondas: Domaine des Bousquets

June 18, 2024March 28, 2025 jamiegoode 3411 Views Gigondas

I tasted these wines over dinner with Julien Bréchet (pictured above) of Domaine des Bosquets. He took over the family

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Gigondas: Domaine des Florets, a new ecologically focused domaine

June 18, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 2981 Views Gigondas

Website: https://www.domainedesflorets.com/en/home Jérôme Rathle was an environmental consultant, and had worked for he world’s largest specialist sustainability consultancy, ERM, until

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Gigondas: Pierre Amadieu

June 18, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 2990 Views Gigondas

Website: https://www.pierre-amadieu.com/en/ Pierre Amadieu is an important producer in Gigondas, with around 10% of the appellation’s vineyard area. They have

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Gigondas: Saint Cosme, with Louis Barruol

June 17, 2024March 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2980 Views Gigondas

Website: https://www.saintcosme.com/ Louis Barruol of Château Saint Cosme is one of the presidents of the Gigondas appellation, and he’s making

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Gigondas: one of the Rhône’s most famous crus, celebrated for its reds but now making whites too

June 15, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 2442 Views

Website: https://www.gigondas-vin.com/en/home/ Gigondas is one of the most prestigious of the Rhône crus (the average bottle price in France for

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

June 15, 2024March 28, 2025 jamiegoode 4799 Views

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

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 5014 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 1682 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 7153 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

Champagne Features

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

June 9, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 3707 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