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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Bollinger PN VZ19 France

December 25, 2024September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 1882 Views

Very impressed by this prestige bottling from Bollinger. Champagne Bollinger PN VZ19 France12.5% alcohol. This is 100% Pinot Noir, base

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Highlights Italy 

Highlights: Querciabella Batàr 2022 IGT Blanco Toscana, Italy

December 15, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 2013 Views Tuscany

Website: https://querciabella.com/wine/batar/ Querciabella Batàr 2022 IGT Blanco Toscana, Italy14% alcohol. Since 1988 Querciabella have made this ‘supertuscan’ white, which is

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Burgundy Highlights 

Highlights: Julien Cruchandeau Bouzeron Massale 2021 Bourgogne

December 15, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 2000 Views

Website: https://www.domaine-cruchandeau.com/en/ Julien Cruchandeau began managing a domaine in Bouzeron in 2001, after finishing his studies. He began his own

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Henriot Blanc de Blancs NV

December 9, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 1988 Views

Champagne Henriot Blanc de Blancs NV France12% alcohol£46 The Finest Bubble, Hedonism, Loki WineThis is based on 2017, and Henriot

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Highlights Japan 

Highlights: Niki Hills Winery Hatsuyuki Kerner 2022 Hokkaido, Japan

December 6, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 3394 Views

Hokkaido is a very interesting wine region in Japan, with a particular emphasis on low-intervention wines, and as well as

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England Highlights Sparkling wine 

Highlights: Nyetimber Tillington Single Vineyard 2016 Sussex, England

December 6, 2024September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 1833 Views

This is one of the best English sparkling wines I’ve tasted – an elegant single-site Pinot Noir-led wine. Nyetimber Tillington

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Alfred Gratien NV

December 3, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 1803 Views

Champagne Alfred Gratien NV France12.5% alcohol. Gratien is a small house of around 300 000 bottles a year, and is

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Australia Highlights 

Highlights: Mitchelton Cabernet Shiraz 1973 Goulburn Valley, Victoria, Australia

November 17, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 1526 Views

This is a remarkable wine. On the night before the Pinot Massif event that brought 40-odd winemakers together at Mitchelton

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Highlights Lebanon 

Highlights: Chateau Musar Hochar Père et Fils 2019 Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

November 16, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 1513 Views

Chateau Musar Hochar Père et Fils 2019 Bekaa Valley, Lebanon13.5% alcohol. This is a blend of Cinsault, Grenache and Cabernet

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Australia Highlights 

Highlights: MMAD Grenache 2022 Blewitt Springs, McLaren Vale

November 14, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 1828 Views Grenache, McLaren Vale

Tried this wine with a few wine folk after dinner last night and was really impressed. From the Shaw &

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Prophet’s Rock in Central Otago is one of New Zealand’s top wineries, excelling with Pinot Noir, Riesling and Pinot Gris
Features Latest New Zealand Profiles 

Prophet’s Rock in Central Otago is one of New Zealand’s top wineries, excelling with Pinot Noir, Riesling and Pinot Gris

April 18, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.prophetsrock.co.nz/ At wine Paris I caught up with Paul Pujol (pictured above) to taste through the new releases from

Smart organic wines from A&D Wines, Vinho Verde, Portugal
Features Latest Portugal 

Smart organic wines from A&D Wines, Vinho Verde, Portugal

April 17, 2026 jamiegoode
The wines of Son Antem Alaró, Mallorca, Spain (updated with new releases)
Features Spain 

The wines of Son Antem Alaró, Mallorca, Spain (updated with new releases)

April 15, 2026April 16, 2026 jamiegoode
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Burgundy Features Latest 

Highlights: Louis Jadot Famille Gagey Bouzeron 2023

April 15, 2026April 15, 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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