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Veuve Cliquot La Grande Dame 2012

October 18, 2020December 23, 2020 jamiegoode 9178 Views

This is the latest release of Veuve Clicquot’s icon cuvée, La Grande Dame. The bottle pictured is the limited edition

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Dom Pérignon 2010

October 3, 2020June 14, 2021 jamiegoode 7695 Views

This was a difficult vintage in Champagne that yielded few vintage wines. But despite this – and perhaps because of

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Champagne Highlights Videos 

Highlights: Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2008

September 20, 2020October 9, 2020 jamiegoode 11444 Views

The long-awaited 2008 version of Taittinger’s prestige cuvée, Comtes de Champagne, has been released. I drank a bottle of it

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Dom Pérignon Rosé 2006 France

August 30, 2020October 9, 2020 jamiegoode 7309 Views

Sometimes when a wine is really expensive, you almost don’t want it to be too good. This, the pink version

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: two from Champagne Michel Gonet

August 20, 2020October 9, 2020 jamiegoode 6499 Views

Champagne Michel Gonet Les 3 Terroirs Blanc de Blancs 2010 France12.5% alcohol. This is from Vindey (Sezanne), Montguex (Aube) and

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Champagne Latest Videos 

Highlights: Champagne Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 2008

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020 jamiegoode 6913 Views

This is a remarkable wine. It has 92% Pinot Noir, but it has the freshness and focus of a really

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moet et chandon rose imperial
Champagne Latest Wine Science 

Moët et Chandon: the science behind the success of rosé Champagne

July 3, 2020July 5, 2020 jamiegoode 17346 Views

The vast majority of rosé Champagne made by blending still red wines with white wines to make a pink base

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Champagne Latest Profiles 

In Champagne: Pol Roger

June 12, 2020 jamiegoode 12660 Views

Goode and Ring continue their series on Champagne with a visit to Pol Roger in Épernay. Family-owned Pol Roger is

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Highlights: two from Champagne Bruno Paillard

May 8, 2020May 8, 2020 jamiegoode 6076 Views

I visited Bruno Paillard with Treve Ring a couple of years ago. This is a rare thing: a new Champagne

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Books Champagne 

Review: Christie’s World Encyclopedia of Champagne and Sparkling Wine

May 7, 2020May 15, 2020 jamiegoode 10973 Views Sparkling wine

This is the new (2019) edition of the most comprehensive guide to sparkling wine, a category that’s exciting at the

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Videos: Robots in the vineyard, new technology applied

May 14, 2026May 14, 2026 jamiegoode

Viticulture is expensive, and a lot of the cost is paying people to do quite boring, repetitive work. Of course,

Brent Marris, Emma Marris and The Ned, tasting wines from one of Marlborough’s (NZ) emerging dynasties
Features Latest New Zealand 

Brent Marris, Emma Marris and The Ned, tasting wines from one of Marlborough’s (NZ) emerging dynasties

May 12, 2026May 12, 2026 jamiegoode
Brunia, an exciting cool-climate wine project from South Africa’s Walker Bay
Features Latest Regions South Africa 

Brunia, an exciting cool-climate wine project from South Africa’s Walker Bay

May 11, 2026May 11, 2026 jamiegoode
Cantina Antonioli are making lovely natural wines in the foothills of the Apennine mountain range in Italy’s Umbria
Features Italy Latest 

Cantina Antonioli are making lovely natural wines in the foothills of the Apennine mountain range in Italy’s Umbria

May 10, 2026May 12, 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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