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Features Latest South Africa 

The Old Road Wine Co, a Franschhoek-based winery making some impressive single-vineyard wines

January 11, 2024January 11, 2024 jamiegoode 5909 Views Franschhoek

Website: https://oldroadwinecompany.com/ Launched in November 2018. Owned by. The idea is to make interesting wines with good stories. These are

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Video: the famous La Colline Semillon vineyard in Franschhoek, South Africa

January 11, 2024January 11, 2024 jamiegoode 5303 Views Semillon

Old Road Wine Co winemaker Ryan Puttick introduces the La Colline Vineyard in Franschhoek, South Africa. Planted in 1936 by

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Highlights Latest Portugal 

Highlights : Filipa Pato & William Wouters Flos Castanea 2022, Bairrada, Portugal

January 10, 2024 Treve Ring 3624 Views Bairrada, biodynamic

This experimental project was made with the grandson of Vinho Verde biodynamic pioneer Fernando Paiva, of Quinta da Palmirinha. Paiva

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Visiting Constantino Ramos, resurrecting the red wines of Monção and Melgaço in the Vinho Verde region of Portugal

January 9, 2024January 9, 2024 jamiegoode 5085 Views Vinho Verde

‘My background is from the pharmaceutical industry,’ says Constantino. ‘My family didn’t produce wine.’ He did a degree in pharmacy

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Video: visiting Constantino Ramos, one of the most exciting producers in Portugal’s Vinho Verde region

January 8, 2024 jamiegoode 4386 Views Vinho Verde

Constantino Ramos came from the pharmaceutical industry, where he was running clinical trials, and shifted to his passion, wine. He

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Highlights: Umani Ronchi Fonte Del Re Lacrima di Morro d’Alba 2022 Italy

January 6, 2024January 6, 2024 jamiegoode 4310 Views

Supermarkets aren’t always the best place to find characterful, interesting wines, but this remarkable Lacrima is available in the UK

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Highlights: Paumanok Prestige Cuvée 2012 North Fork of Long Island, New York

January 6, 2024 jamiegoode 2536 Views

Really liked this aged Bordeaux blend from Long Island in New York State. Paumanok Prestige Cuvée 2012 North Fork of

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Restaurants: Plateau, Brighton

January 5, 2024 jamiegoode 2609 Views Restaurants

Website: https://www.plateaubrighton.co.uk/ Plateau is one of those restaurants that I love to eat at. A lunch today, on a bright

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Highlights: Laura David L’Insolente Montlouis-Sur-Loire 2022

January 5, 2024January 5, 2024 jamiegoode 3501 Views Chenin Blanc

Website: https://laura-david.com/fr/ Laura David established her domaine in 2017 at the age of 25 with 7 hectares of vines in

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Exploring Japanese wine (6) visiting Tamba Wine in Kyoto

January 4, 2024 jamiegoode 6824 Views

Website: https://www.tambawine.co.jp/ Tamba Wine is a vineyard and winery based in the middle of the Kyoto prefecture in Japan, some

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North Canterbury, New Zealand (8) Greystone

January 21, 2026January 21, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.greystonewines.co.nz/ Greystone are extremely innovative in their approach. I visited with winemaker Dom Maxwell (who since this visit has

The wines of Corofin, interpreting interesting Marlborough terroirs through the lens of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir – updated with 2023 releases
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The wines of Corofin, interpreting interesting Marlborough terroirs through the lens of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir – updated with 2023 releases

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North Canterbury, New Zealand (7) Georges Road

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North Canterbury, New Zealand (6) Domaine Williams Raillard et B
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North Canterbury, New Zealand (6) Domaine Williams Raillard et B

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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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