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Photos of Lisbon (1) colour

May 17, 2025May 19, 2025 jamiegoode 867 Views

Pictures taken on a morning walk around the city, where I stopped off at Garrafeira Nacional and bought a couple

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Highlights: Louis M Martini Monte Rosso Vineyard Gnarly Vine Zinfandel 2018 Sonoma, California

May 16, 2025 jamiegoode 1103 Views Sonoma, Zinfandel

Website: https://www.louismartini.com/ Louis Martini established the winery named after him in 1933, just after the repeal of prohibition. He’d established L.M.

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In Niagara: Catching up with Thomas Bachelder

May 15, 2025May 16, 2025 Treve Ring 2637 Views Chardonnay, Gamay, Niagara, pinot noir

Thomas Bachelder is one of Canada’s beacon winemakers, championing Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and in the last years Gamay, though a

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Chianti Classico deep dive (16) Principe Corsini’s Villa Le Corti

May 15, 2025May 15, 2025 jamiegoode 1455 Views Chianti Classico

Website: https://principecorsini.com/en/villa-le-corti/ We are in the northern and eastern part of Chianti Classico here, in San Casciano. San Casciano is

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Meerlust: visiting this important Stellenbosch winery, and tasting right back to the beginning

May 15, 2025May 27, 2025 jamiegoode 2571 Views Stellenbosch

Website: https://www.meerlust.co.za/ Jamie Goode visits Meerlust, one of South Africa’s leading wineries, and then catches up with the team in

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Highlights: Ricasoli Brolio Chianti Classico 2022

May 14, 2025 jamiegoode 1408 Views Chianti Classico

Ricasoli is one of the top producers of Chianti Classico, and this is a really good example of the modern

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Highlights: Rare Champagne 2012

May 14, 2025May 14, 2025 jamiegoode 1717 Views

Rare used to be a prestige cuvée of Piper-Heidsieck, but since 2018 has been a stand-alone brand. Since 2011 both

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Isole e Olena and Cepparello: new releases from this important Chianti Classico estate

May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 jamiegoode 2708 Views Chianti Classico, Sangiovese

Back in 1956, just as sharecropping was ending, the De Marchi family of Piedmont bought two estates in San Donato,

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Australia Features Latest 

Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir: a study in six wines

May 11, 2025May 11, 2025 jamiegoode 1892 Views pinot noir

The Mornington Peninsula wine region. This region has established itself as Australia’s most important for Pinot Noir, and it also

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Highlights: Kleine Zalze Heritage Vineyards Old Vine Chenin Blanc 2023

May 10, 2025May 10, 2025 jamiegoode 1391 Views Chenin Blanc

Reallly good to find a wine like this made from Heritage Chenin vineyards (over 35 years old), part of the

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Heinrich: beautiful naturally inclined wines from Austria’s Burgenland region
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Heinrich: beautiful naturally inclined wines from Austria’s Burgenland region

December 8, 2025December 8, 2025 jamiegoode

Heinrich is one of Austria’s most interesting producers. Based in Burgenland, they successfully negociated a style change in 2014 and

The impressive wines of Herdade do Rocim and its associated projects, among Portugal’s best
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The impressive wines of Herdade do Rocim and its associated projects, among Portugal’s best

December 7, 2025December 7, 2025 jamiegoode
Slovenia: Edi Simčič, one of the stars of Brda
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Slovenia: Edi Simčič, one of the stars of Brda

December 6, 2025December 6, 2025 jamiegoode
Slovenia: Bjana is an exciting sparkling wine project in Brda
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Slovenia: Bjana is an exciting sparkling wine project in Brda

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