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In the Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (11) Three Sticks Wines

November 21, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 1645 Views Russian River Valley

Website: https://threestickswines.com/ Three Sticks is one of the wineries owned by Bill Price, whose nickname is ‘Billy Three Sticks’. He

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In the Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (10) Kanzler Vineyards

October 31, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 1903 Views Russian River Valley, Sonoma

Website: https://kanzlervineyards.com/ Kanzler is a relatively new boutique winery in the Sebastopol Hills of the Russian River Valley, run by

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In Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (9) Joseph Swan with Rod Berglund

October 23, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 2383 Views Russian River Valley, Sonoma

Website: https://www.swanwinery.com/ Rod Berglund is one of the most respected winemakers in the Russian River Valley, and for the last

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Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (8) Iron Horse

October 21, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 2071 Views Russian River Valley, Sonoma, Sparkling wine

Website: https://www.ironhorsevineyards.com/ Joy Sterling is making some of the USA’s best sparkling wines at Iron Horse, a winery founded by

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Video: Martinelli’s Jackass vineyard, planted before 1889, and one of California’s oldest

October 14, 2024October 17, 2024 jamiegoode 2736 Views

This short film was taken in July when I visited the Jackass vineyard and Jackass Hill vineyard (right next door)

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Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (8) De Loach Vineyards

October 12, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 2428 Views Sonoma

Website: https://deloachvineyards.com/ Originally started in 1975 by Cecil De Loach, De Loach was one of the first post-prohibition wineries in

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Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (7) Martinelli

October 10, 2024November 4, 2024 jamiegoode 2371 Views pinot noir, Sonoma, Zinfandel

Website: https://martinelliwinery.com/ Martinelli is one of the classic traditional wineries of the Russian River Valley. I visited with Julianna Martinelli,

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Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (6) Benovia

September 10, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2564 Views Chardonnay, pinot noir, Russian River Valley, Sonoma

Website: https://benoviawinery.com/ Benovia is a really impressive Russian River Valley winery that began in 2005. It’s a partnership between Joe

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Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (5) DuMol

August 25, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 3074 Views Chardonnay, pinot noir, Russian River Valley

Website: https://dumol.com/ I visited DuMol on a beautiful July day, as the 2024 growing season was well underway and the

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Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (4) Ramey

August 9, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 2558 Views Russian River Valley, Sonoma

Website: https://www.rameywine.com/ Ramey is one of the star wineries in Sonoma. David Ramey has become well known for his expertise

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Heinrich: beautiful naturally inclined wines from Austria’s Burgenland region
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Heinrich: beautiful naturally inclined wines from Austria’s Burgenland region

December 8, 2025December 8, 2025 jamiegoode

Heinrich is one of Austria’s most interesting producers. Based in Burgenland, they successfully negociated a style change in 2014 and

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The impressive wines of Herdade do Rocim and its associated projects, among Portugal’s best

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Slovenia: Edi Simčič, one of the stars of Brda

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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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