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Champagne Latest Videos 

Highlights: Champagne Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 2008

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020 jamiegoode 7109 Views

This is a remarkable wine. It has 92% Pinot Noir, but it has the freshness and focus of a really

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Highlights Latest South Africa 

Highlights: Crystallum Whole Bunch Pinot Noir 2018 Overberg, South Africa

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 jamiegoode 7314 Views pinot noir

Crystallum Whole Bunch Pinot Noir 2018 Overberg, South Africa14% alcohol. This is from Hemel-en-Arde, but is labelled Overberg because 20%

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Highlights Latest Portugal 

Highlights: Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Port 1998 Douro, Portugal

July 17, 2020 jamiegoode 6746 Views Port

Quinta do Vesuvio is one of the great Quintas of the Douro. It’s located in the Douro Superior (the wamer,

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Olerasay No 2: a South African sweet wine that is becoming one of the world’s greats

July 17, 2020July 17, 2020 jamiegoode 11381 Views

Five years after the first release, we have Olerasay No 2, a solera-aged straw wine from Mullineux in South Africa’s

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Maison Ventanac: ‘new natural’ wines from the Languedoc

July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 jamiegoode 11288 Views

Website: http://www.maisonventenac.fr/ Maison Ventenac is run by Stephanie and Olivier Ramy, and they are the third generation of their family

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Features Japan Latest Regions 

In Nagano, Japan: a big tasting at Tomi Wine Chapel

July 7, 2020July 13, 2020 jamiegoode 9516 Views Nagano

I was back at the fabulous Tomi Wine Chapel in Nagano, for a wine tasting. This is a very cool

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In Ribera del Duero: Áster

July 4, 2020July 5, 2020 jamiegoode 6561 Views

This is the Ribera del Duero property of La Rioja Alta, one of Rioja’s top wineries. La Rioja Alta planted

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Champagne Latest Wine Science 

Moët et Chandon: the science behind the success of rosé Champagne

July 3, 2020July 5, 2020 jamiegoode 17676 Views

The vast majority of rosé Champagne made by blending still red wines with white wines to make a pink base

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Features Latest Portugal 

A quick look at some top 2018 Vintage Ports

June 27, 2020 jamiegoode 10125 Views Port

2018 is the third in a run of good vintages for Port, maybe fourth if you count 2015, too. So

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Highlights: Hermann J. Wiemer Vineyard HJW Bio Riesling 2017 Finger Lakes

June 21, 2020June 21, 2020 jamiegoode 6242 Views Finger Lakes

Wiemer is one of the top producers in the Finger Lakes region of New York State. This Riesling comes from

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Bordeaux Claret: the new AOC Bordeaux Claret Controllée is an interesting move, broadening the appeal of Bordeaux reds
Bordeaux Features Latest 

Bordeaux Claret: the new AOC Bordeaux Claret Controllée is an interesting move, broadening the appeal of Bordeaux reds

August 6, 2026August 6, 2026 jamiegoode

Bordeaux has a problem. It’s finding it increasingly hard to sell its cheaper red wines. AOP Bordeaux and Bordeaux Supérieur

Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Domaine Saint Amant
Features Latest Rhone 

Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Domaine Saint Amant

August 4, 2026 jamiegoode
Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: a big tasting of the reds and the Muscats
Features Latest Rhone 

Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: a big tasting of the reds and the Muscats

August 4, 2026August 4, 2026 jamiegoode
Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Rhonea
Features Latest Rhone 

Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Rhonea

August 4, 2026August 4, 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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