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Highlights: Champagne Bollinger PN VZ19 France

December 25, 2024September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2242 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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Highlights: Champagne Henriot Blanc de Blancs NV

December 9, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 2414 Views

Champagne Henriot Blanc de Blancs NV France12% alcohol£46 The Finest Bubble, Hedonism, Loki WineThis is based on 2017, and Henriot

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Highlights: Champagne Alfred Gratien NV

December 3, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 2162 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 3263 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 2776 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 3213 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 2767 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 3248 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 6240 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 7493 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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Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes
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Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes

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As far as lunches go, this was one of the best I’ve had in recent years, held at the remarkable

Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday
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Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday

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Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026
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Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026

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the central dozen - 12 central otago pinot noirs
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The Central Dozen, an important exercise in telling the contemporary story of Central Otago Pinot Noir through a curated selection of 12 bottles

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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.

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