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Highlights: Champagne Henriot Brut Souverain NV

November 9, 2025November 9, 2025 jamiegoode 499 Views

Website: https://www.champagne-henriot.com/ Tried this in the lounge en route to Portugal today. Really like it. Henriot was part of Artémis,

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Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range

September 26, 2025October 24, 2025 jamiegoode 5953 Views

Champagne Delamotte is based in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, a grand cru village in the Côte des Blancs. It was founded back

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Highlights: Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2014

September 25, 2025September 25, 2025 jamiegoode 1493 Views

Website: https://www.taittinger.com/en The new release of this classic! And it’s really good. Champagne Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs

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Highlights: Champagne Billecart-Salmon Le Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru

September 6, 2025 jamiegoode 881 Views

I like that Billecart-Salmon now have ‘my origin’ on their website, where if you are so inclined you can find

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Watching the Aldeburgh moonrise with Champagne: Lanson Le Black and Heidsieck & Co Monopole

August 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1188 Views

On a recent trip to the Norfolk and Suffolk coasts we sat on the beach at Aldeburgh as the sun

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French Bloom, a high-end alcohol-free sparkling wine that’s the most convincing product in this space yet

July 28, 2025July 28, 2025 jamiegoode 5488 Views

Website: https://uk.frenchbloom.com/ Non-alcoholic wine is currently a topic of intense interest in the wine industry. Many think that drinking habits

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Highlights: Champagne Alfred Gratien Cuvée Paradis Rosé 2008 France

June 22, 2025 jamiegoode 1603 Views

Champagne Alfred Gratien Cuvée Paradis Rosé 2008 France12.5% alcohol. This is 63% Chardonnay and 37% Pinot Noir, disgorged in January

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Highlights: Champagne Alfred Gratien Cuvée Paradis 2015

June 9, 2025June 9, 2025 jamiegoode 1877 Views

Website: https://www.alfredgratien.com/en/home/ This is the prestige cuvée from Alfred Gratien, who do a lot of barrel work with their base

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Rare Champagne 2012
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Highlights: Rare Champagne 2012

May 14, 2025May 14, 2025 jamiegoode 1655 Views

Rare used to be a prestige cuvée of Piper-Heidsieck, but since 2018 has been a stand-alone brand. Since 2011 both

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Highlights: Champagne Jerome Blin Les Ports Zero Dosage

March 24, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1752 Views

Champagne Jérôme Blin Les Ports Complantation Zero Dosage 2020 FranceFrom an organically farmed parcel called Vincelles, planted in 1986, and

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Amphora wine day, celebrating wines made in clay, part 2
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Amphora wine day, celebrating wines made in clay, part 2

November 26, 2025November 26, 2025 jamiegoode

Here I’m writing up all the Portuguese wines tried at the amphora wine day at Rocim, November 2025. Arvad, Algarve,

The amphora wine day at Rocim in Portugal's Alentejo wine region
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Amphora wine day, celebrating wines made in clay, part 1

November 25, 2025November 26, 2025 jamiegoode
Yarra Valley (8) Luke Lambert
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Yarra Valley (8) Luke Lambert

November 23, 2025November 23, 2025 jamiegoode
Yarra Valley (7) Timo Meyer
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Yarra Valley (7) Timo Meyer

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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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