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Bordeaux

Bordeaux Profiles TOP STORIES 

In Bordeaux: Château Pedesclaux is a Pauillac star reborn

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 jamiegoode 9953 Views

Pedesclaux is a Bordeaux Château that has been transformed. I visited in March 2019 with the director Vincent Bache-Gabrielsen and

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Bordeaux Highlights 

Highlights: two from Sauternes

June 18, 2020 jamiegoode 5275 Views Sauternes

A couple of half-bottle Sauternes popped tonight. So satisfying and massively undervalued right now. Château La Tour Blanche Sauternes 1er

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Books: Inside Bordeaux, Jane Anson

June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 jamiegoode 14571 Views

Inside Bordeaux: the Châteaux, their wines and the terroirJane AnsonBB&R Press, London, 2020 Few wine books can be described as

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Bordeaux Features 

Bordeaux 2017 in bottle (3) the left bank

February 27, 2020November 16, 2021 jamiegoode 9292 Views

Continuing my write-up of the Bordeux 2017 vintage in bottle, here are my notes on the left bank wines from

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Visiting Château Cos d’Estournel, St Estèphe: one of Bordeaux’s top estates

February 7, 2020February 8, 2020 jamiegoode 11984 Views biodynamics, Bordeaux

Since it was purchased by Michel Reybier in 2000, Cos d’Estournel has cemented its place as one of the top

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Bordeaux Videos 

Video: visiting Château Cos d’Estournel, St Estèphe, Bordeaux

February 7, 2020February 8, 2020 jamiegoode 4778 Views biodynamics, Bordeaux

Cos d’Estournel, second growth in the 1855 classification, is acknowledged to be one of the top properties in Bordeaux. Jamie

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Bordeaux 2017 in bottle, part 2: the right bank

December 22, 2019December 22, 2019 jamiegoode 7257 Views

Now the 2017 vintage from Bordeaux is in bottle, the October Union des Grand Crus tasting was a good chance

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Bordeaux 2017: the whites

November 21, 2019November 30, 2019 jamiegoode 7820 Views Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon

Notes on 13 white Bordeaux wines from the 2017 vintage This was a nice chance to look at the 2017

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Bordeaux New to wine Regions 

Bordeaux: an introduction to the world’s most famous wine region

November 15, 2019 jamiegoode 14722 Views

Continuing my ‘new to wine’ series with an introduction to Bordeaux, in southwest France. We’ve discussed already that there are

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Dubourdieu: white wines from Bordeaux, dry and sweet

October 5, 2016October 6, 2019 jamiegoode 5357 Views

Denis Dubourdieu was a famous wine scientist, winemaker and consultant who had a big impact on white winemaking in Bordeaux.

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Island Wines: a tasting of sweet wines from Tenerife, Pantellaria, Kefalonia and Santinori

June 26, 2026 jamiegoode

Matteo Montone presented this seminar on sweet wines from islands, as part of the excellent Island Wines summit in Tenerife.

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze
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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze

June 24, 2026June 24, 2026 jamiegoode
The concept of island wines is now firmly established: a tasting with Pascaline Lepeltier
Features Latest Spain 

The concept of island wines is now firmly established: a tasting with Pascaline Lepeltier

June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 jamiegoode
Alentejeo Spotlight: on the road in Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol with some interesting wines from this Portuguese region
Features Latest Portugal Regions 

Alentejeo Spotlight: on the road in Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol with some interesting wines from this Portuguese region

June 23, 2026June 23, 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.

Since then it has grown, and Jamie is now a full-time wine writer, lecturer, wine judge and book author.

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Disclosure: unless otherwise clearly marked, the articles on this site are free of conflicts of interest. Any sponsored content will be clearly marked, and potential conflicts of interest will also be disclosed. As is normal in the wine industry, many of the wines tasted here are free samples and some travel is sponsored by others (for example, regional bodies or groups of producers), but in these cases no guarantees of coverage are given.

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