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Anderson Valley, California (5) Drew

July 9, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 6556 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, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 8173 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, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 6387 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, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 6997 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 (3) Baxter

July 5, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 5750 Views Anderson Valley

Website: https://www.baxterwinery.com/ One of the wineries that most impressed me on my visit to the Anderson Valley was Baxter, which

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Anderson Valley, California (2) Littorai

July 4, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 7074 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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Anderson Valley, California (1) where California meets the Pacific Northwest

July 3, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 7633 Views Anderson Valley

One of California’s less well known wine regions, the Anderson Valley is rapidly developing a reputation as a rather special

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Matthiasson: a masterclass in modern viticulture with Steve and Jill, plus tasting their wines

June 26, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 13731 Views

Steve Matthiasson is a farmer first, winemaker second. With his wife Jill, they look after several vineyards in Napa and

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A blind tasting of California Cabernet Sauvignon, including some of the best-sellers in the USA

March 23, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 12544 Views Cabernet Sauvignon

This was a chance to taste 8 Cabernet Sauvignon wines blind, which is always fun. Below are my notes and

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Highlights: Jolie Laide Dans le Vide 2021, California, USA

January 28, 2023March 7, 2023 Treve Ring 4985 Views

Jolie-Laide is a one-man operation based in the Sebastopol winery of Pax Mahle, where winemaker Scott Schultz (Pax’s cellar master),

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With these twelve wines, Juampi Michellini, Matias Riccitelli, Rafael Urreloja and Derek Mossman Knapp illustrate Argentina and Chile’s precocious ability to express the best in any variety 
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With these twelve wines, Juampi Michellini, Matias Riccitelli, Rafael Urreloja and Derek Mossman Knapp illustrate Argentina and Chile’s precocious ability to express the best in any variety 

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Twelve wines, selected by their maker, four from Zorzal and four from Riccitelli, Undurraga and The Garage Wines Company, were

Three wines from a new producer in Oxfordshire (UK): Yew Tree Vineyard
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Three wines from a new producer in Oxfordshire (UK): Yew Tree Vineyard

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Cantina Terlarno and Produttori del Barbaresco: an amazing dinner with two of the world’s great cooperative wineries, tasting back to the 1960s
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Cantina Terlarno and Produttori del Barbaresco: an amazing dinner with two of the world’s great cooperative wineries, tasting back to the 1960s

October 23, 2026October 23, 2026 jamiegoode
The 2025 wines from Pascal Jolivet in Sancerre
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The 2025 wines from Pascal Jolivet in Sancerre

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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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