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In an important and brave move, UK supermarket Tesco releases a wine made from a disease-resistant grape variety called Floreal

August 5, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 12418 Views

UK supermarket Tesco has made a brave move. They have launched a wine from a disease-resistant hybrid variety called Floreal,

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Exploring Lirac (7) an overview and a big tasting of Lirac wines

August 5, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 6609 Views Lirac

Lirac is one of the crus of the Rhône valley, and it’s just northwest of Avignon, next door to Tavel

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Exploring Lirac (6) Domaine Chantepierre/Les Deux Pins

August 5, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 4113 Views Lirac

This is a sizeable Lirac domaine of 70 hectares of vines, owned by the Paly family. We met with Jean-François

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Exploring Lirac (5) Domaine des Carabiniers ‘Biodynamic Wine’

August 5, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 3071 Views Lirac

Website: https://www.biodynamicwine.bio/en/ It’s perhaps surprising to find a domaine branded as ‘biodynamic wine’. But that’s how Domaine des Carabiniers describe

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Exploring Lirac (4) Château de Bouchassy

August 5, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 2745 Views Lirac

I tasted these wines with Marie-Cécile Degoul, who returned to the family domaine two years ago after working for 15

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Exploring Lirac (3) Domaine Jean-Maxime Delorme

August 5, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 2599 Views Lirac

Domaine Jean-Maxime Delorme is a new domaine in Lirac. I tasted the wines with his wife, Anaïs Rebouleau. His family

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Exploring Lirac (2) Clos du Jas

August 5, 2024August 5, 2024 jamiegoode 3142 Views

Grégory Sergent (pictured above) is the man behind Clos du Jas. He spent 15 years as a paratrooper in the

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Exploring Lirac (1) Château Boucarut

August 5, 2024August 5, 2024 jamiegoode 3069 Views Lirac

Château Boucarut is a new producer in Lirac. Saskia and Maurice Goetschy established the domaine in Roquemure in 2017. They

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The wines of Jocelyn Hogan, a top producer from South Africa

August 4, 2024August 4, 2024 jamiegoode 2976 Views

Jocelyn Hogan began her wine project in 2014. The wines have always been good but with the 2021 vintage they

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Pink performance: a rosé review with a global selection of wines rated

August 3, 2024August 8, 2024 jamiegoode 4717 Views Rose

Pink wine is such an important category these days. Everyone likes it, it sells well, and it’s a category that

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Biofiltro: cleaning up winery waste water with worm power, creating high-quality compost at the same time
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Biofiltro: cleaning up winery waste water with worm power, creating high-quality compost at the same time

July 27, 2026July 27, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://biofiltro.be/ Biofiltro is an innovative way of dealing with winery waste water. And the bonus is that because it

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Revisiting the wines of Doran Vineyards, Voor Paardeberg, South Africa

July 26, 2026 jamiegoode
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Tenuta Minchella’s ‘By Fabiano’ wines: Italian-inspiration hits the McLaren Vale, Australia

July 24, 2026July 24, 2026 jamiegoode
A vertical of Vega Sicilia: taking a deep dive into Spain’s most celebrated wine producer
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A vertical of Vega Sicilia: taking a deep dive into Spain’s most celebrated wine producer

July 24, 2026July 24, 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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