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Highlights: François Villard L’appel des Sereines Syrah 2017, Northern Rhône, France

January 20, 2021 Treve Ring 6833 Views Northern Rhone, syrah

François Villard is well known in the Northern Rhone for his masterful and poetic Côte-Rôtie and Saint-Joseph. Starting off his

Champagne Highlights Videos

Highlights: Champagne Krug Rosé NV France

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 jamiegoode 6103 Views

Champagne Krug Rosé NV France12.5% alcohol. This is 29% 2012, with 71% from reserve wines. In all, 22 wines from

Australia Highlights

Highlights: Mac Forbes EB56 Italian Stallion Dolcetto 2019 Yarra, Australia

January 13, 2021February 17, 2021 Treve Ring 6173 Views Yarra Valley

Though Mac Forbes has been working with Italian varieties in the Yarra for a while, this is his first Dolcetto,

Highlights Hungary

Highlights: Disznókő Tokaji Aszú 5 Puttonyos 2007 Hungary

January 10, 2021February 17, 2021 jamiegoode 6191 Views tokaji

Tokaji is one of the world’s great wines. It’s a sweet wine made primarily from botrytised grapes. These are grapes

Champagne Highlights

Highlights: Champagne Pascal Doquet Arpège Blanc de Blancs

January 7, 2021January 11, 2021 jamiegoode 8590 Views

Champagne Pascal Doquet Arpège Premier Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut NV France12.5% alcohol. This is from three different terroirs

California Highlights

Highlights: The Ojai Vineyard Syrah 2017 Santa Barbara County, California

January 6, 2021January 18, 2021 jamiegoode 5547 Views syrah

Syrah from a cool-ish climate in California. It’s a variety you’d think would be thriving in California, but it hasn’t

Highlights New Zealand

Highlights: Black Estate Netherwood Pinot Noir 2014 Waipara Valley, New Zealand

January 4, 2021January 18, 2021 jamiegoode 5106 Views North Canterbury, pinot noir

This is a deeply impressive New Zealand Pinot Noir, from Black Estate. Winemaking is pretty natural here, and the house

Highlights Spain

Highlights: La Rioja Alta Viña Ardanza Reserva Especial 2001 Rioja, Spain

January 3, 2021February 17, 2021 jamiegoode 7333 Views Rioja

This is a deeply impressive Rioja Reserva from La Rioja Alta, which is ageing beautifully. 80% Tempranillo and 20% Garnacha.

Highlights Loire

Highlights: Domaine Bonnigal-Bodet Chenin ‘Le Clocher’ 2018 Touraine Amboise, Loire

January 1, 2021February 17, 2021 jamiegoode 6984 Views Chenin Blanc

Domaine Bonnigal-Bodet is Jean Baptiste Bonnigal and Stéphane Bodet, who jointly took over Bonnigal’s fourth-generation family domaine in Amboise together

Highlights Spain

Highlights:Familia Nin-Ortiz Selma de Nin Finca La Sinia 2016 Vi de Tabula, Spain

December 28, 2020February 17, 2021 jamiegoode 6052 Views

Nin-Ortiz is Ester Nin (viticulturist for Daphne Glorian’s Clos Erasmus) and Carles Ortiz (grape grower), who met and merged there