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Moët et Chandon Champagne Bar, Harrods

July 29, 2022 jamiegoode 6684 Views Restaurants

Website: Moët et Chandon Champagne Bar at Harrods Moët et Chandon have recently opened a new Champagne bar at Harrods,

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In Niagara (5) Flat Rock Cellars

July 29, 2022 jamiegoode 7204 Views Niagara

Website: Flat Rock Cellars Flat Rock dates back to the late 1990s, and the vineyard was planted in 2001 and

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Barossa meets Bordeaux with this new Penfolds x Dourthe collaboration wine, Penfolds II

July 27, 2022August 4, 2022 Lisse Garnett 9520 Views

Take Bordeaux master blenders, Dourthe, add 175 years of Australian patience, grit, ambition and skill – mix in that infamous

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Qvevri wines from Georgia: 69 wines tried

July 25, 2022 jamiegoode 18916 Views

This was a great chance to try 69 different qvevri wines from Georgia, white and red. Georgia has become famous

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Canada Features Latest Regions 

The School of Cool 2022: exploring Chardonnay at an international conference in Canada’s Niagara region, with Andrew Jefford and The Great Chardo Swap

July 23, 2022July 23, 2022 jamiegoode 5306 Views Chardonnay

The School of Cool, the Friday seminar of the International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration (i4C), held each year in Niagara,

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Restaurants: Marcella, Deptford

July 10, 2022July 10, 2022 jamiegoode 5162 Views Restaurants

Website: https://marcella.london/ This was my first time out to Deptford, but it was worth the excursion. Marcella isn’t fancy, but

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Highlights: Howard’s Folly Freshco? 2020 Alentejo, Portugal

July 10, 2022 jamiegoode 5563 Views Alentejo

This is a bright red from Portalegre (the cooler, higher-altitude bit of the Alentejo) with vineyards in the granite foothills

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Highlights: Craven Pinot Gris 2020 Stellenbosch, South Africa

June 21, 2022 jamiegoode 5380 Views pinot gris

There’s not much Pinot Gris in Stellenbosch. It’s perhaps planted in three vineyards, and the one this comes from is

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VieVinum 2022: a Victorious Return to Vienna

June 1, 2022June 2, 2022 Treve Ring 5844 Views biodynamics, gruner veltliner, Riesling

After 4 long years, Vie Vinum, Austria’s national wine show, make a victorious return. Spread throughout Vienna’s magisterial Hofburg Palace,

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Taking Pinotage seriously: a vertical of Kanonkop’s Black Label Pinotage

May 11, 2022May 11, 2022 jamiegoode 19683 Views Pinotage

Pinotage is a grape variety that has struggled to be taken seriously. It has wrestled with a reputation of making

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Vinho Verde: Quinta da Pegadinha
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Vinho Verde: Quinta da Pegadinha

November 1, 2026November 1, 2026 jamiegoode

This is a small family vineyard and farm 15 km from the ocean, in the southern part of Vinho Verde,

Criante, a natural wine producer from Sicily
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Criante, a natural wine producer from Sicily

November 1, 2026November 1, 2026 jamiegoode
Celebrating 25 years of Filipa Pato’s wines with an amazing lunch and tasting
Features Latest Portugal Regions TOP STORIES 

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

October 30, 2026October 30, 2026 jamiegoode
Rabasco: beautiful natural wines from Abruzzo, Italy
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Rabasco: beautiful natural wines from Abruzzo, Italy

October 28, 2026October 28, 2026 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.

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