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Highlights: Champagne Alfred Gratien NV

December 3, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 892 Views

Champagne Alfred Gratien NV France12.5% alcohol. Gratien is a small house of around 300 000 bottles a year, and is

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Bowled over by the single origin 2015 wines from Champagne Philipponnat

October 29, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 1512 Views

Website: https://www.philipponnat.com/ Over lunch at the excellent Clove Club, I caught up with Charles Philipponnat and a small band of

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Highlights: Champagne Collard-Picard Perpetuelle 12 Années NV

October 17, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 1130 Views

Website: https://www.champagnecollardpicard.fr/ Champagne Collard-Picard Perpetuelle 12 Années NV FranceThis is a really lovely wine, and it’s also quite a technical

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Highlights: Champagne Mumm RSRV Cuvée 4 5 Grand Cru NV France

September 13, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1843 Views

Website: https://www.mumm.com/en-gb/ An impressive Champagne from Mumm, who have upped their game of late. Champagne Mumm RSRV Cuvée 4 5

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Highlight: Champagne Laherte Frères Ultratradition Extra Brut NV France

August 23, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1758 Views

Website: https://www.champagne-laherte.com/?lang=EN# Champagne Laherte Frères Ultratradition Extra Brut NV France12.5% alcohol. This is a blend of fruit from 8 villages

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Highlights: Champagne Henriot Brut Souverain NV

August 4, 2024 jamiegoode 1873 Views

Drank this recently and was really impressed. For a NV blend, this is very good quality, with a lovely range

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Champagne Pierre Gimonnet: tasting these excellent grower Champagnes with Didier Gimonnet

June 9, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 3203 Views

Website: https://www.champagne-gimonnet.com/ Based in Cuis, Gimonnet is one of the larger grower Champagne producers with 28 hectares of vines. Half

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Highlights: Domaine de Hélène Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Vieilles Vignes Extra Brut NV

June 2, 2024August 25, 2024 Treve Ring 4753 Views champagne, Chardonnay, grower champagne

Descended from a long line of winegrowers in Cramant since 1891, Pierre Hugot has worked with highly respected domains in

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Champagne: an introduction

May 28, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 7363 Views

Champagne makes the world’s most famous sparkling wines. Here’s a brief introduction to the region and its wines. Where is

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Highlights: Champagne Louis Roederer Collection 244 MV

May 15, 2024July 20, 2024 jamiegoode 3057 Views

You have to love Roederer. Of all the Champagne houses, they are the ones making the coolest moves at the

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Australian Chardonnay: a deep dive into this exciting category
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Australian Chardonnay: a deep dive into this exciting category

July 11, 2025July 11, 2025 jamiegoode

We are so familiar with Chardonnay as an important part of Australia’s wine offering that it’s surprising to learn that

Slovenia: Šuklje, taking Blaufränkisch to new levels in Bela Krajina
Features Latest Slovenia 

Slovenia: Šuklje, taking Blaufränkisch to new levels in Bela Krajina

July 10, 2025July 10, 2025 jamiegoode
Slovenia: Guerila, an impressive naturally oriented winery in Vipavska
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Slovenia: Guerila, an impressive naturally oriented winery in Vipavska

July 10, 2025 jamiegoode
Clos d’Entre des Murs: a remarkable walled vineyard in the Loire, full of walls inside!
Features Latest Loire 

Clos d’Entre des Murs: a remarkable walled vineyard in the Loire, full of walls inside!

July 9, 2025 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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