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Video: visiting the innovative regenerative block at Greystone Wines in North Canterbury, NZ

August 20, 2025August 22, 2025 jamiegoode 2510 Views

Jamie Goode visits Greystone Wines in New Zealand’s North Canterbury wine region, where he meets Liam Burgess and Dom Maxwell,

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Highlights: Alice et Olivier De Moor Bourgogne Chitry 2023

August 20, 2025 jamiegoode 1129 Views Chablis, chitry, Natural wine

De Moor, based in Chablis, are one of my favourite producers. Everything they make is just so good. Had this

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New Zealand is making some of the world’s best Pinot Noir, and this is my roll-call of the best

August 18, 2025August 18, 2025 jamiegoode 3947 Views pinot noir

Back in February I attended Pinot Noir 2025 in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was quite a special event. One of

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Two truths of wine marketing not widely acknowledged

August 17, 2025August 17, 2025 jamiegoode 1486 Views Business of wine

I recent read an excellent post telling winery owners what they could do more effectively in selling their wine. It

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Apehelion: Grenache specialists from Australia’s McLaren Vale

August 17, 2025 jamiegoode 1095 Views Grenache

Website: https://aphelionwine.com.au/ Based in McLaren Vale, Aphelion is a Grenache specialist micro-negociant. It was started by Rob and Lou Mack,

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Highlights: two wines from Frederick Stevenson in South Australia

August 16, 2025August 16, 2025 jamiegoode 1021 Views

Frederick Stevenson is a naturally oriented winegrower in South Australia, and I tried these two wines from him. Frederick Stevenson

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Riley Harrison is making some compelling low intervention wines from top sites in South Australia

August 14, 2025 jamiegoode 1391 Views

Website: https://www.harrison.wine/ Riley Harrison studied winemaking in Adelaide, and ended up working for a big winery: Dorrien Estate. While he

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Mersel, exciting low intervention wines from special terroirs in Lebanon

August 13, 2025August 13, 2025 jamiegoode 870 Views

Website: https://www.merselwine.com/ Eddie Chami’s family comes from Lebanon, but moved to Australia in the 1960s. That’s where he grew up.

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The Remedy is one of London’s best wine bars

August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 jamiegoode 1380 Views Restaurants

Website: https://theremedylondon.com/ Just north of Oxford Street, before you get to Regent’s Park, you’ll find one of the best places

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The ‘Joan is awful’ effect, and why people working in wine shouldn’t fall for it

August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 jamiegoode 758 Views Business of wine

‘Joan Is Awful’ is the first episode of the sixth series of Black Mirror, written by Charlie Brooker. It aired

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Paying more for quality, and the crisis of affordability in wine
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Paying more for quality, and the crisis of affordability in wine

October 8, 2025October 8, 2025 jamiegoode

It costs money to make wine. Quite a bit of it, if it’s done well. The chief problem is this:

Visiting Aya Estate for the opening of their winery: Bulgarian wine playing at a new level
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Visiting Aya Estate for the opening of their winery: Bulgarian wine playing at a new level

October 7, 2025October 7, 2025 jamiegoode
Bonhams is auctioning off the cellar of Locanda Locatelli, and a few of us get to try some of the gems over lunch
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Bonhams is auctioning off the cellar of Locanda Locatelli, and a few of us get to try some of the gems over lunch

October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 jamiegoode
A quick guide to New Zealand wine
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A quick guide to New Zealand wine

October 5, 2025October 6, 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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