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Champagne Esterlin, an over-performing coop making superb wines

July 23, 2026July 23, 2026 jamiegoode 437 Views

Champagne Esterlin Website: https://www.champagne-esterlin.com/en/house/ Champagne Esterlin is a small co-operative based in Epernay. They began in 1948 when three families

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Champagne Perrier Jouët have implemented regenerative viticulture in half of their vineyard area, and they are already seeing differences in the base wines

July 9, 2026 jamiegoode 1392 Views

Jamie Goode travels to Champagne to visit the vineyards of Perrier-Jouët. Five years ago they began trialling regenerative approaches and

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Highlights: Champagne Bruno Paillard Blanc de Blancs 2015

July 7, 2026July 7, 2026 jamiegoode 731 Views

Champagne Bruno Paillard Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 2015 France12% alcohol. From the warm, dry vintage of 2015 this is

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Video: regenerative viticulture at Champagne Perrier-Jouët

June 30, 2026 jamiegoode 874 Views

Jamie Goode investigates the regenerative viticulture plots in the Ambonnay vineyards of Champagne Perrier-Jouët. This project has been going since

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Lunch at Treadwell (Niagara, Canada) with some lovely wines: Ulysses Colin, La Rogerie and Comando G

June 25, 2026June 25, 2026 jamiegoode 560 Views

Sometimes you have to seize the opportunity, Ferris Bueller style. I’d been judging wine with a panel that consisted of

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Champagne Michel Gonet: one to watch, if they aren’t already on your radar

June 7, 2026 jamiegoode 1092 Views

Website: https://en.gonet.fr/champagne Michel Gonet have properties in Bordeaux, as well as their grower Champagne operation. They have a sizeable 38

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Highlights: Champagne Gosset Cuvée Dosage Zéro

May 13, 2026May 13, 2026 jamiegoode 854 Views

Website: https://www.champagne-gosset.com/en/our-champagne-wines/cuvee-zero-dosage/ This is a new cuvée from Gosset. The wine is based on the 2013 vintage and was bottled

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Video: Can an £8 (€9.25, US$10.85) Champagne be any good?

May 4, 2026May 4, 2026 jamiegoode 1399 Views

I sit down with my two brother in laws and my nephew to taste a Champagne that was on sale

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Highlights: Champagne Laurent Perrier 2018

March 29, 2026 jamiegoode 835 Views

Really impressed with this, the latest vintage release from Laurent-Perrier. Champagne Laurent Perrier Brut Millésime 2018 France12% alcohol. 100% Grand

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Video: Champagne Drappier launch Éclose, a new prestige cuvée

March 27, 2026March 27, 2026 jamiegoode 1691 Views

Jamie Goode visits Urville in the Aube – the southern outpost of Champagne – where one of the most important

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Minimalist Wines, the exciting South African Syrah-focused winery of Sam Lambson
Features Latest Regions South Africa 

Minimalist Wines, the exciting South African Syrah-focused winery of Sam Lambson

August 8, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.minimalistwines.com/ I popped into Flint Wines to meet a South African winemaker that everyone is talking about. Sam Lambson

Bordeaux Claret: the new AOC Bordeaux Claret Controllée is an interesting move, broadening the appeal of Bordeaux reds
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Bordeaux Claret: the new AOC Bordeaux Claret Controllée is an interesting move, broadening the appeal of Bordeaux reds

August 6, 2026August 6, 2026 jamiegoode
Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Domaine Saint Amant
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Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Domaine Saint Amant

August 4, 2026 jamiegoode
Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: a big tasting of the reds and the Muscats
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Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: a big tasting of the reds and the Muscats

August 4, 2026August 4, 2026 jamiegoode

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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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