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  • Rabasco: beautiful natural wines from Abruzzo, Italy
  • With these twelve wines, Juampi Michellini, Matias Riccitelli, Rafael Urreloja and Derek Mossman Knapp illustrate Argentina and Chile’s precocious ability to express the best in any variety 
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The wines of Alberto Graci, Etna, Sicily

February 16, 2024February 16, 2024 jamiegoode 5418 Views etna

Alberto Graci’s grandfather used to make wine in Sicily, from vineyards in the centre of the island. As with many

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Etna, Sicily: I Custodi delle Vigne

February 16, 2024February 16, 2024 jamiegoode 6350 Views etna, Sicily

Website: https://www.icustodi.it/?lang=en Natural winemaking from organically certified vines. I Custodi work with 5 parcels in the North and Southeast of

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A focus on Etna, the ultimate volcanic wine region

February 15, 2024March 23, 2024 jamiegoode 13615 Views etna, Sicily

This was my first time in Etna. It’s a remarkable place: a wine region in the shadow of Europe’s largest

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Highlights: Domaine des Chopins Beaujolais Villages 2022

February 13, 2024 jamiegoode 4087 Views

Germaine Santallier is a young vigneron in Beaujolais who worked with Marie-Thérèze Chappaz in Switzerland and then Jean-Claude Lapalu in

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Bellingham: an important winery in South Africa spanning fine wine to lower-priced offerings

February 12, 2024February 12, 2024 jamiegoode 6216 Views

Bellingham is an important winery for South Africa, bit historically and also in terms of what it’s doing now. Processing

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Highlights Latest Loire 

Highlights: Domaine Roche Bleue L’Orée de la Berterie 2022 Coteaux-du-Loir

February 11, 2024February 12, 2024 jamiegoode 3298 Views Chenin Blanc

Domaine Roche Bleue L’Orée de la Berterie 2022 Coteaux-du-Loir, Loire13.5% alcohol. This is Chenin Blanc from 30 year old vines.

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Exploring Bourgogne (7) Domaine Michael Sarrazin

February 11, 2024 jamiegoode 7828 Views

Domaine Michel Sarrazin et Fils26 rue de Charnailles – 71640 JamblesTel. +33 (0)3 85 44 30 57www.sarrazin-michel-et-fils.fr This family estate

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Bad news from the Okanagan and other regions in BC, Canada: no grapes to be harvested in 2024

February 10, 2024February 12, 2024 jamiegoode 21861 Views okanagan

Some bad news from the Okanagan Valley in Canada, the country’s second largest wine region. This is a region that

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Features Latest New Zealand 

Zephyr: Marlborough gets interesting in the hands of Ben Glover

February 8, 2024February 8, 2024 jamiegoode 6952 Views Marlborough

Website: https://zephyrwine.com/about.htm Ben Glover made his reputation as a winemaker working for Brent Marris at Wither Hills, and later Mud

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The wines of Kistler: high-end Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from Sonoma, California

February 8, 2024 jamiegoode 6498 Views Chardonnay, pinot noir

Website: https://www.kistlervineyards.com/ Kistler is a highly regarded producer of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from Sonoma in California. Founded in 1978,

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Celebrating 25 years of Filipa Pato’s wines with an amazing lunch and tasting
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Celebrating 25 years of Filipa Pato’s wines with an amazing lunch and tasting

October 30, 2026October 30, 2026 jamiegoode

Flipa Pato, daughter of famous Bairrada winegrower Luis Pato, first started making her own wines 25 years ago, in 2001.

Rabasco: beautiful natural wines from Abruzzo, Italy
Features Italy Latest 

Rabasco: beautiful natural wines from Abruzzo, Italy

October 28, 2026October 28, 2026 jamiegoode
With these twelve wines, Juampi Michellini, Matias Riccitelli, Rafael Urreloja and Derek Mossman Knapp illustrate Argentina and Chile’s precocious ability to express the best in any variety 
Argentina Chile Features Latest 

With these twelve wines, Juampi Michellini, Matias Riccitelli, Rafael Urreloja and Derek Mossman Knapp illustrate Argentina and Chile’s precocious ability to express the best in any variety 

October 26, 2026October 26, 2026 Lisse Garnett
Three wines from a new producer in Oxfordshire (UK): Yew Tree Vineyard
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Three wines from a new producer in Oxfordshire (UK): Yew Tree Vineyard

October 24, 2026October 24, 2026 jamiegoode

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