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Mayacamas
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Mayacamas, making stunning, ageworthy mountain wines in Napa’s Mount Veeder

November 1, 2023 jamiegoode 1013 Views Napa

Website: https://www.mayacamas.com/ Mayacamas is one of Napa’s true star wineries, making wines that show why Napa is a serious place

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Meeting Paul Hobbs and trying his wines: one of the world’s most accomplished consultant winemakers

September 10, 2023September 10, 2023 jamiegoode 2268 Views

One of the best known Californian consultant winemakers is Paul Hobbs. He began making wine at Mondavi in the late

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Highlights: The Alley Palomino 2019 California

August 11, 2023 jamiegoode 774 Views

The Alley Palomino 2019 Contra Costa Vineyard, CaliforniaThis is made by Christina Rasmussen, friend and colleague, and I’ve tried it

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Birichino, Santa Cruz, California

August 2, 2023August 2, 2023 jamiegoode 827 Views

Website: https://www.birichino.com/ Founded by Alex Krause and John Locke in 2008, Birichino (‘ch’ is pronounced ‘k’) began with a focus

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Scar of the Sea and Lady of the Sunshine: Mikey and Gina Giugni talk farming and present their wines

July 26, 2023July 26, 2023 jamiegoode 2158 Views

https://www.scaroftheseawines.com/ https://www.ladyofthesunshinewines.com/ I caught up with Gina and Mikey Giugni in London, to hear about their farming and try their

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Anderson Valley, California (5) Drew

July 9, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 1391 Views Anderson Valley

Website: https://www.drewwines.com/ Jason Drew is based just outside the Anderson Valley, on the Mendocino Ridge, about a mile west from

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Anderson Valley, California (6) a big tasting with lots of producers

July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 1537 Views Anderson Valley

Copain Website: https://www.copainwines.com/ A boutique winery started by Wells Guthrie, I first came across them as part of the In

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Anderson Valley, California (5) Roederer Estate

July 5, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 1482 Views Anderson Valley, Sparkling wine

In 1982, Jean-Claude Rouzeau – the CEO of Champagne Roederer – was sent to look at the wild west of

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Anderson Valley, California (4) Maggy Hawk

July 5, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 1201 Views Anderson Valley, pinot noir

Website: https://www.maggyhawk.com/ Maggy Hawk is a beautiful vineyard in the deep end of the Anderson Valley, and I tasted through

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Anderson Valley, California (2) Littorai

July 4, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 1253 Views Anderson Valley, pinot noir

The most celebrated Pinots from the Anderson Valley are probably Ted Lemon’s Littorai bottlings. The Anderson Valley makes around half

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champagne tasting
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A remarkable Champagne tasting at The Remedy, London

November 29, 2023November 29, 2023 jamiegoode

This was a fun event at the Remedy wine bar in London. As part of their 10th anniversary celebrations. I

Tasting the wines of Gabrielskloof and Crystallum, with Peter-Allan Finlayson
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Tasting the wines of Gabrielskloof and Crystallum, with Peter-Allan Finlayson

November 24, 2023 jamiegoode
The wines of Kershaw: a champion of single-site and even single-clone wines from Elgin, South Africa
Features Latest South Africa 

The wines of Kershaw: a champion of single-site and even single-clone wines from Elgin, South Africa

November 19, 2023 jamiegoode
hannes storm wines
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Storm Wines: one of South Africa’s most exciting producers, based in Hemel-en-Aarde, South Africa

November 15, 2023November 15, 2023 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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