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

January 11, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 10349 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 3988 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 4063 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 14418 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 3516 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 3173 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 3256 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, 2024February 13, 2026 jamiegoode 24862 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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In the Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (11) Three Sticks Wines

November 21, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 3014 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 3055 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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Arnaldo Rivera, a top tier of wines from the overperforming Terre del Barolo cooperative
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Arnaldo Rivera, a top tier of wines from the overperforming Terre del Barolo cooperative

October 6, 2026October 6, 2026 jamiegoode

Websites: https://terredelbarolo.com/en/  https://arnaldorivera.com/en/ The Terre del Barolo cooperative was founded in 1958 in Castiglione. First vintage was 1959, and today

A tasting of 48 top artisan Champagnes from Berry Bros & Rudd
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A tasting of 48 top artisan Champagnes from Berry Bros & Rudd

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Moldova is an important wine country, and increasingly it’s making some really good wines
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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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