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Highlight: Domaine Hase Pino Fin Blanc 2018, Nagano, Japan

This comes from a small winery high up (800 m) in Nagano that I visited last year. I tasted this

After a successful decade as winemaker and right hand to Dirk at Niepoort, Luis Seabra decided to break out on

This is such a remarkable wine, but that’s what you’d expect from Jean-François Ganevat’s domaine wines. It’s a blend of

February 12, 2020 jamiegoode 4425 Views

I’m quite a fan of Loire reds, and this Malbec (known locally as Côt) was a nice surprise. It’s very

Fitzpatrick Fitz Blanc de Blanc 2015 Okanagan, Canada12% alcohol. The Fitzpatrick family owned Cedar Creek, and when they sold to

February 1, 2020 jamiegoode 6932 Views Natural wine

Jan Matthias Klein runs his family estate, Staettler Hof in Kröv, in Germany’s Mosel region. As well as some more

January 29, 2020 jamiegoode 5404 Views champagne

I bumped into this grower Champagne, Gérmar Breton, previously unknown to me, at the Mampuku restaurant in Bordeaux. It was

Why would you plant Petit Verdot in the Douro? It’s a region that already has a host of well adapted

Biodynamic since 1997, André Ostertag is one of the stars of the Alsace wine region. Since 2017, he’s handed over

January 20, 2020 jamiegoode 4846 Views Rioja

It’s encouraging to see fresher, more vital, terroir-style wines from Rioja. This was good. Ramōn Bilbao Viñedos de Altura 2016