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Highlights Italy 

Highlights: Fontodi Dino Chianti Classico 2020

January 7, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 1698 Views Chianti Classico

Had this beauty from the wine list at Manteca with good friends. Fontodi Dino Chianti Classico 2020 ItalyThis is Fontodi’s

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Beaujolais Highlights 

Highlights: Thillardon Chénas Vibrations 2021

January 5, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 1934 Views Gamay

Thillardon Vibrations Chénas 2021 Beaujolais, France11.5% alcohol. This was bought after a long lunch at the excellent Soif, and then

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Argentina Highlights 

Highlights: Catena Criolla Vino Natural Ancestral 2020 Mendoza, Argentina

January 2, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 1440 Views

Criolla is the name used for the pale-red-skinned generously yielding old grape varieties from Argentina, that are now being given

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Highlights Jura 

Highlights: Ganevat Les Cedres 2016 Côtes du Jura

December 26, 2024September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 1702 Views Natural wine

This negoce wine from Ganevat is singing after 8 years, no added sulfites, and still fresh. Anne et Jean-François Ganevat

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Bollinger PN VZ19 France

December 25, 2024September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 1811 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 1921 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 1864 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 1910 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 3228 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 1774 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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The wines of Courelas da Torre, Alentejo, Portugal
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The wines of Courelas da Torre, Alentejo, Portugal

March 27, 2026March 27, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.courelasdatorre.com/en/ This is the first time I’ve tried the wines from this Alentejo producer, based in Redondo, making organic

I visit Champagne Drappier who have just released a remarkable new prestige cuvée aged in wooden eggs called Éclose
Champagne Features Latest Regions 

I visit Champagne Drappier who have just released a remarkable new prestige cuvée aged in wooden eggs called Éclose

March 27, 2026March 27, 2026 jamiegoode
Henschke’s 2022 single-vineyard wines, including a stunning Hill of Grace
Australia Features Latest Profiles TOP STORIES 

Henschke’s 2022 single-vineyard wines, including a stunning Hill of Grace

March 24, 2026March 24, 2026 jamiegoode
Some insights from ProWein’s Agora stage: how innovators are winning the market
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Some insights from ProWein’s Agora stage: how innovators are winning the market

March 24, 2026March 25, 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.

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