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Champagne Features France Wine Science 

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

July 28, 2025February 12, 2026 jamiegoode 15326 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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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Alfred Gratien Cuvée Paradis Rosé 2008 France

June 22, 2025January 15, 2026 jamiegoode 2508 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, 2025January 15, 2026 jamiegoode 3129 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, 2025January 15, 2026 jamiegoode 2704 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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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Jerome Blin Les Ports Zero Dosage

March 24, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2963 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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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Cédric Bouchard Roses de Jeanne UR/R18 Dégorgement 2022

February 16, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2947 Views

A treat to try this Blanc de Noirs from one of the leading growers in Champagne. Cédric Bouchard Roses de

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Champagne Features 

Egly-Ouriet: stunning grower Champagnes from Ambonnay

January 13, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 9540 Views

Egly-Ouriet is a family estate founded by Francis Egly’s grandfather in Ambonnay. I met with Francis and his daughter Clémence

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Champagne Features France 

Most Memorable Champagnes of 2024

January 7, 2025September 28, 2025 Treve Ring 6303 Views Sparkling wine

Though Champagne sales have continued to slide worldwide, Goode and I have done our best to buoy the market this

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Champagne Features TOP STORIES 

50 years of Champagne Louis Roederer Cristal Rosé: a vertical tasting and a technical discussion

January 2, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 4107 Views

Frédéric Rouzaud and Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon present a vertical tasting of Cristal Rosé, Louis Roederer’s ‘hidden gem’ that since its inception

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Bollinger PN VZ19 France

December 25, 2024September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2167 Views

Very impressed by this prestige bottling from Bollinger. Champagne Bollinger PN VZ19 France12.5% alcohol. This is 100% Pinot Noir, base

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

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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