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Highlights: Champagne Lanson NV becomes Le Black Création, and this is editon 258

March 9, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 6042 Views

This is the second release of Le Black Création, following on from 257. It’s the re-badged black label non-vintage from

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Highlights: Champagne Charles Heidsieck Brut Réserve NV

March 7, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 3373 Views

Had a few glasses of this the other evening at a function, and once again came away impressed. Champagne Charles

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Highlights: Champagne Billecart Salmon 2016 France

March 1, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 3341 Views

Impressed with this latest vintage release from Billecart-Salmon. Champagne Billecart Salmon Vintage Extra Brut 2016 FranceThis is 100% Grand Cru,

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Highlights: Champagne Drappier Clarevallis

February 25, 2024February 25, 2024 jamiegoode 3783 Views

This is such an interesting wine, which I recently revisited after trying two years earlier. Clarevallis is the name given

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Highlights: Champagne Piper-Heidsieck Cuvée Brut NV

February 7, 2024February 7, 2024 jamiegoode 3175 Views

This isn’t life-changing fizz, but it’s a really well made Champagne at a good price, and I’m sitting here in

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Highlights: Champagne Philipponnat Royale Réserve Brut NV France

January 29, 2024 jamiegoode 2710 Views

Champagne Philipponnat Royale Réserve Brut NV France12.5% alcoghol. With a base of 2019 vintage and 34% reserve wines aged in

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The Petit-Boxler family and their new Champagne-Alsace venture: Domaine La Rogerie

January 29, 2024January 29, 2024 jamiegoode 7935 Views

This is a remarkable project from a young couple who span two wine regions. The Petit-Boxler family brings together François

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Most Memorable Champagnes of 2023

January 17, 2024January 22, 2024 Treve Ring 5985 Views

Though Champagne sales fell in 2023 (The Comité Champagne [CIVC] predicted sales of 314 million bottles vs 326 million sold

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Highlights: Champagne Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Grand Crus Rosé 2011

January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 2533 Views

2011 was a very tricky vintage in Champagne, but I really liked the Comtes Blanc de Blanc, and here’s the

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Highlights: Champagne Gosset Grande Reserve Brut NV

December 20, 2023 jamiegoode 3213 Views

I really like the wines of Gosset, which with a production of 1 million bottles a year isn’t a big

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Digital aggregation and the quiet restructuring of Europe’s fine wine distribution

March 10, 2026March 10, 2026 jamiegoode

[Please note: this is a sponsored article authored by a third party.] The European wine market has always been fragmented

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Inside Burgundy: a tasting with Jasper Morris, one of the top experts of the region

March 9, 2026March 9, 2026 jamiegoode
Exploring Bolgheri through the lens of one of its top estates: Ornellaia masterclass with Denise Cosentino
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Exploring Bolgheri through the lens of one of its top estates: Ornellaia masterclass with Denise Cosentino

March 8, 2026March 8, 2026 jamiegoode
Australia’s old vine heritage – a masterclass showing some Aussie classics
Australia Features Latest Regions 

Australia’s old vine heritage – a masterclass showing some Aussie classics

March 8, 2026March 8, 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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