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Highlights: Champagne Lallier Réflexion R.019

January 6, 2023January 6, 2023 jamiegoode 5723 Views

Website: https://champagne-lallier.com/en/ Lallier recently became the first Italian-owned Champagne house when they were bought by Campari. They also hired Dominique

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Memorable Champagnes of 2022

January 3, 2023January 3, 2023 Treve Ring 6967 Views

Treve Ring and Jamie Goode pick their memorable Champagnes of 2022. First up, it’s Ring’s selections, and then Goode’s. It

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Best Bottle Award: 13 sparkling wines tasted blind in Lech in the Austrian Alps, as hotels in this gastronomic hotspot fight it out

December 13, 2022December 13, 2022 jamiegoode 5198 Views Sparkling wine

Best Bottle Award: 13 sparkling wines tasted blind in Lech am Arlberg in the Austrian Alps Lech am Arlberg is

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Highlights: Champagne Bruno Paillard Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 2013 France

November 25, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 4553 Views

Champagne Bruno Paillard Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 2013 FranceFrom the Grand Cru villages of Oger and Mesnil-sur-Oger. Disgorged in

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Highlights: Champagne Billecart Salmon Cuvée Elizabeth Salmon Rosé 2009

October 28, 2022November 21, 2022 jamiegoode 3940 Views

Website: https://www.champagne-billecart.fr/en/millesime/cuvee-elisabeth-salmon-2009 It’s Champagne day today, so time for a treat, and it’s the prestige pink fizz from Billecart-Salmon, the

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Champagne Videos 

Video: visiting Champagne Ayala in Aÿ

June 26, 2022 jamiegoode 4623 Views

Jamie Goode visits Champagne Ayala in the village of Aÿ, to taste the Vins Clairs from the 2021 vintage which

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Highlights: Champagne Beaumont des Crayères Fleur de Prestige Blanc Millésime Brut 2009

May 31, 2022July 10, 2022 jamiegoode 4740 Views

Champagne Beaumont des Crayères Fleur de Prestige Blanc Millésime Brut 2009 France12% alcohol£39.95 TannersBeaumont des Crayères is a small cooperative

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Visiting Champagne Ayala, Aÿ

April 16, 2022June 7, 2023 jamiegoode 5909 Views

Champagne Ayala are based in the village of Aÿ, but they are an oddity: this is Pinot Noir country, but

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Champagne Regions 

Sip Champagnes: 10 top wines from this new UK importer

March 6, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 7243 Views

Sip Champagnes is a specialist Champagne importer established by Peter Crawford in 2020. Peter has been travelling to the region

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Highlights: Champagne Ruinart Rosé NV

February 2, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 5795 Views

Ruinart like their history. They were the first established Champagne House in 1729. And also the first to make a

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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
Features Latest Rhone 

Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Domaine Saint Amant

August 4, 2026 jamiegoode
Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: a big tasting of the reds and the Muscats
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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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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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