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The wines of Château Montelena, Napa, California

November 3, 2021November 7, 2021 jamiegoode 2901 Views Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Napa

Website: https://montelena.com/ Historic Napa winery Chateau Montelena dates back to 1882. This is when Alfred L. Tubbs planted the vineyard

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The wines of Big Basin Vineyards, Santa Cruz Mountains, California

October 22, 2021November 7, 2021 jamiegoode 2636 Views

Website: https://www.bigbasinvineyards.com/ Bradley Brown founded Big Basin Vineyards after a career in Silicon Valley. He’s based in the Santa Cruz

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The wines of Calder: focusing on California’s heritage varieties

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 jamiegoode 2049 Views

Website: https://calder.securecheckout.com/ Calder is the label of Rory Williams, son of John Williams of Frog’s Leap. Rory’s day job is

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Highlights: Jolie-Laide Pinot Gris 2018 Sonoma County, California

July 24, 2021October 1, 2021 jamiegoode 2698 Views

Jolie-Laide is a micronegociant operation from Scott and Jenny Schultz, and it’s a small 3000 case affair. Scott worked with

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Highlights: Charbono both ways from Shypoke Winery in Calistoga, Napa

June 19, 2021 jamiegoode 2792 Views

There are just 75 acres of Charbono left on the planet, say Shypoke Winery. This isn’t strictly true, if you

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País, Mission, Criolla Chica: the Beaujolais of the Americas?

June 18, 2021August 1, 2021 Lisse Garnett 4251 Views Mission, Pais

Much like the Gamay of Beaujolais, twenty years ago País was seen as fit for only commonplace, lowly table wine.

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Smith Madrone Cabernet Sauvignon
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Highlights: Smith-Madrone Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 Napa Valley

April 29, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 2147 Views Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa

This is brilliant. Napa is often knocked for its excess: Cabernet Sauvignon wines made from grapes picked too late, spoofed

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Highlights: I Brand & Family Cabernet Franc Bayly Ranch 2017 Paicenes, California

March 28, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 2679 Views cabernet franc

Website: https://www.ibrandwinery.com/ I don’t know much about winemaker Ian Brand’s project in California, but I saw this wine, bought it,

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Highlights: The Ojai Vineyard Syrah 2017 Santa Barbara County, California

January 6, 2021January 18, 2021 jamiegoode 2851 Views syrah

Syrah from a cool-ish climate in California. It’s a variety you’d think would be thriving in California, but it hasn’t

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Three from Merry Edwards

October 24, 2020November 14, 2020 jamiegoode 2270 Views

Merry Edwards began her winemaking career in the 1970s at Mount Eden Estate, and has also worked at Matanzas Creek.

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Tasting some great Australian wines at an Australia day lunch with colleagues
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Tasting some great Australian wines at an Australia day lunch with colleagues

January 29, 2023January 29, 2023 jamiegoode

Australia day is a great excuse for a wine lunch, and once again a crew assembled, bringing special bottle of

Bordeaux 2020 in bottle: 106 wines tasted and rated
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Bordeaux 2020 in bottle: 106 wines tasted and rated

January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 jamiegoode
The wines of New York State: a snapshot tasting of interesting bottles
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The wines of New York State: a snapshot tasting of interesting bottles

January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 jamiegoode
The wines of Réné Rostaing, Northern Rhône
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The wines of Réné Rostaing, Northern Rhône

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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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