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Fifty years of Lytton Springs, the famous Zinfandel-based wine from star California producer Ridge

March 12, 2025 jamiegoode 1889 Views

Website: https://www.ridgewine.com/ The current release of Lytton Springs, the 2022, celebrates 50 years since this single-vineyard wine was first launched

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California exploration: Kutch, visiting their new home and tasting the 2023 new releases

February 27, 2025March 16, 2025 jamiegoode 2511 Views Sonoma

I’ve written extensively about the wines of Jamie Kutch before, so it was great to be able to visit him

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Visiting Mayacamas, who are making stunning, ageworthy mountain wines in Napa’s Mt. Veeder

January 11, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 6513 Views Napa

Website: https://www.mayacamas.com/ Mayacamas, which is translated as call of the mountain lion, is one of Napa’s true star wineries, making

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Favia: Andy and Annie’s boutique Napa wine operation has taken a step forward with the purchase of a significant Oakville vineyard site, and the 2021s impress

December 28, 2024September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2024 Views Napa

Website: https://www.faviawines.com/ Annie and Andy Erickson founded Favia in 2003. I caught up with them at a dinner in the

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California exploration: Stolpman Vineyards, Ballard Canyon

December 14, 2024March 16, 2025 jamiegoode 1832 Views

Website: https://www.stolpmanvineyards.com/ The next stop on the California road trip was at Stolpman, with Peter Stolpman, who has been running

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California exploration: Scar of the Sea and Lady of the Sunshine with Mikey and Gina Giugni

December 11, 2024March 16, 2025 jamiegoode 10459 Views

https://www.scaroftheseawines.com/ https://www.ladyofthesunshinewines.com/ I first met Gina and Mikey Giugni in London in June 2023, when they came to show their

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California Exploration: Âmevive Wines with Alice Anderson

December 10, 2024March 16, 2025 jamiegoode 1814 Views

Website: https://amevivewine.com/ Alice Anderson is making some beautiful, and beautifully labelled wines under her Âmevive label. I caught up with

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California Exploration: Outward wines, Central Coast

December 9, 2024March 16, 2025 jamiegoode 1483 Views

Website: https://outwardwines.com/ Outward Wines is a partnership between Ryan Pace and Natalie Siddique, and I caught up with them to

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Video: visiting Raj Parr at Phelan Farms in Cambria, California

December 8, 2024December 8, 2024 jamiegoode 2447 Views

Such an interesting project! See this link for full details.

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California exploration: visiting Rajat Parr at Phelan Farm and Stolo Vineyards, Cambria

December 8, 2024March 16, 2025 jamiegoode 19049 Views Natural wine

Website: https://phelanfarm.com/ The pandemic had a big impact on a lot of people. It turned Rajat Parr into a farmer.

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Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership

October 28, 2025October 28, 2025 jamiegoode

Californians Jasmine Hirsch and Michael Cruse are partners in life and wine, and they came to London to share their

Hatzidakis: a deep dive into these top Santorini wines
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Hatzidakis: a deep dive into these top Santorini wines

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Yarra Valley (5) Yarra Yering
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Yarra Valley (5) Yarra Yering

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Tarrawarra winery, Yarra Valley
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Yarra (3) Tarrawarra

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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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