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Alsace Features Latest 

Alsace adventure (5) heading north to see Mochel, Pfister and Loew

July 15, 2024July 15, 2024 jamiegoode 2520 Views

On a rainy October day in Alsace, Lars Daniels and I headed up to meet three producers working in the

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Alsace adventure (4) the wines of domaine Justin Boxler

July 14, 2024July 14, 2024 jamiegoode 3829 Views

Website: www.vinsboxler.fr We visited Domaine Justin Boxler with Charlotte Boxler (pictured above), who now runs the domaine with her cousin

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Burgundy Features Latest 

Discovering the Mâconnais (1) the southern outpost of Bourgogne

July 13, 2024August 11, 2025 jamiegoode 3799 Views Maconnais

I’ve spent the last few days in the Mâconnais, the southern outpost of Bourgogne (or Burgundy as it is known

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Canada Features Latest 

In Niagara (10) York Vineyards, an exciting new sparkling wine specialist

July 12, 2024July 12, 2024 jamiegoode 3928 Views Sparkling wine

It’s often said that if you want to make traditional-method sparkling wine well, you have to specialise in it. And

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Features Latest Rhone 

Exploring Cairanne (2) tasting with the youngsters – Serre-Blanc, Rabasse Charavin, Alary, Grands Serres and Berthet-Rayne

July 11, 2024July 12, 2024 jamiegoode 3660 Views

Tasting with the young vignerons of Cairanne Cairanne is a dynamic appellation and there are quite a few young winegrowers

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Features Latest Rhone 

Exploring Cairanne (5) Boutinot

July 11, 2024July 11, 2024 jamiegoode 2923 Views Cairanne

Boutinot are a major UK wine importer and wholesaler, but they also own vineyards in South Africa, England and France.

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Exploring Cairanne (6) Domaine Brusset

July 11, 2024July 12, 2024 jamiegoode 2427 Views Cairanne

Website: https://www.domainebrusset.fr/en/ This domaine dates back to 1947, and was based on a small 3 hectare vineyard in Cairanne. It

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Features Latest Rhone 

Exploring Cairanne (3) Domaine Boisson, with Bruno Boisson and a terroir tour

July 11, 2024July 12, 2024 jamiegoode 2454 Views

I took a tour of some of the Cairanne terroirs with Bruno Boisson. He explained that Cairanne has freshness with

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Exploring Cairanne (1) a large tasting of the 2022 wines

July 11, 2024July 12, 2024 jamiegoode 4118 Views Cairanne

For a long time, Cairanne was part of Côtes de Rhône Villages, but it became a cru in 2015, after

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Exploring Cairanne (4) Domaine Roche

July 11, 2024July 12, 2024 jamiegoode 2178 Views Cairanne

Romain Roche came back to the family domaine in 2009. The vineyards had been in the family for seven generations,

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Book review: Kristian Kielmayer, The Natural Wines of Hungary
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Book review: Kristian Kielmayer, The Natural Wines of Hungary

October 16, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://kristiankielmayer.com/natural-wines-of-hungary/ The natural wine scene is so interesting. It has also caused a lot of griping in the wine

Concerto, the re-born super Tuscan wine from Fonterutoli
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Concerto, the re-born super Tuscan wine from Fonterutoli

October 15, 2025October 15, 2025 jamiegoode
Espera: brilliant natural-leaning wines from Lisboa, Portugal
Features Latest Portugal 

Espera: brilliant natural-leaning wines from Lisboa, Portugal

October 15, 2025 jamiegoode
La Tour Melas, a Greek first growth: tasting the wines over lunch at Gaia, Mayfair
Features Food and wine Greece Latest 

La Tour Melas, a Greek first growth: tasting the wines over lunch at Gaia, Mayfair

October 15, 2025October 15, 2025 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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