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Highlights: Champagne Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage 2013

September 24, 2021September 24, 2021 jamiegoode 7904 Views

This is the latest release of Moët et Chandon’s Grand Vintage, and it comes from an atypically cool year, where

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Harvest in Champagne, September 2021

September 18, 2021March 28, 2022 jamiegoode 6242 Views

I spent yesterday in the vineyards of the north-facing slopes of the Montagne-de-Reims, primarily in Verzenay, but also in Mailly,

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Highlights: Champagne Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2011

September 10, 2021October 1, 2021 jamiegoode 6422 Views

This is the new release of Taittinger’s prestige cuvée, Comtes de Champagne. Its from Grand Cru sites on the Côte

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Peter Liem on Champagne: dosage, growers versus houses, and viticulture

September 8, 2021 jamiegoode 9425 Views

At the BeWine festival in Kyiv, Ukraine, Peter Liem was one of the headline speakers. He gave a thoughtful presentation

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Champagne Food and wine 

Seafood and top Champagne at Catch, Kyiv

September 6, 2021October 1, 2021 jamiegoode 5043 Views

Catch has a deserved reputation as being one of Ukraine’s top restaurants. It’s also one of its most expensive. It’s

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Highlights: Champagne Bruno Paillard Grand Vintage ‘Assemblage’ 2012

August 22, 2021August 22, 2021 jamiegoode 7004 Views

The new Grand Vintage ‘Assemblage’ has been released by Champagne Bruo Paillard. It’s the 2012, which was a year of

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Highlights: Champagne Dom Pérignon 2012 and 2003 P2

June 14, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 7873 Views

The 2012 vintage of Dom Pérignon is released, and for me this is one of the best that I’ve tried.

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Highlights: Champagne De Saint Gall Premier Cru Le Blanc de Blancs

June 2, 2021December 18, 2021 jamiegoode 5118 Views

De Saint Gall is a premium, Chardonnay-focused brand from mega-Champagne cooperative Union Champagne, which has 2000 members. I’ve been impressed

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Highlights: Champagne Billecart Salmon Elizabeth Salmon Rosé 2008

May 8, 2021May 8, 2021 jamiegoode 7097 Views

Champagne Billecart-Salmon Elizabeth Salmon Brut Rosé 2008 France12.5% alcohol. This is 76% Grands Crus and 24% Premiers Crus; 55% Pinot

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Highlights: Champagne Bruno Paillard Première Cuvée NV

March 21, 2021 jamiegoode 3945 Views

This is the new non-vintage wine from Champagne Bruno Paillard. It’s an Extra Brut (below 6 g/litre dosage), and is

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Icelandic pharma-titan, Robert Wessman of Maison Wessman in Bergerac and his Wine Director, Lise Sadirac, fight for a new Issigeac micro-appellation with musical backing from Nora Jones 
Features France France Latest 

Icelandic pharma-titan, Robert Wessman of Maison Wessman in Bergerac and his Wine Director, Lise Sadirac, fight for a new Issigeac micro-appellation with musical backing from Nora Jones 

September 25, 2025September 25, 2025 Lisse Garnett

Wessman seeks vinous validation for Issigeac and Conne-de-Labarde, which lie on a clearly defined limestone plateau and merit their own micro-appellation according to Vineyard Director Lise Sadirac, who is working hard to convince the INAO. The layered limestone plateau of D’Issigeac took 1.5 million years to form. Vines take a decade to root in the fissured rock, where soil is a mere 20cm deep. Bergerac has 13 appellations and no distinct identity. Fine wine would benefit from a perceptible point of difference and a dose of celebrity stardust.

The Judgement of Cape Town
Features Latest South Africa 

The Judgement of Cape Town

September 23, 2025September 23, 2025 Treve Ring
Weingut Rosi Schuster, with Hannes Schuster, who’s making some of Austria’s best wines
Austria Features Latest Regions 

Weingut Rosi Schuster, with Hannes Schuster, who’s making some of Austria’s best wines

September 22, 2025September 22, 2025 jamiegoode
Tomcsányi: natural wines from Somló, Hungary
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Tomcsányi: natural wines from Somló, Hungary

September 21, 2025September 21, 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.

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