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Champagne Food and wine 

Seafood and top Champagne at Catch, Kyiv

September 6, 2021October 1, 2021 jamiegoode 6413 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 7938 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 10463 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 6250 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 7953 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 4861 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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Highlights: Champagne De Saint Gall Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru 2008

February 12, 2021February 17, 2021 jamiegoode 7011 Views

Champagne De Saint Gall Orpale Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru 2008 France12.5% alcohol. De Saint-Gall are a growers cooperative and

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The ‘traditional method’, and how it has enabled Champagne to shed the complication of vintage variation

February 11, 2021 jamiegoode 8621 Views

Champagne is rare in the wine world, in that it’s a wine region that is incredibly consumer-facing. Whereas many of

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Highlights: Champagne Krug Rosé NV France

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 jamiegoode 6319 Views

Champagne Krug Rosé NV France12.5% alcohol. This is 29% 2012, with 71% from reserve wines. In all, 22 wines from

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Highlights: Champagne Pascal Doquet Arpège Blanc de Blancs

January 7, 2021January 11, 2021 jamiegoode 8877 Views

Champagne Pascal Doquet Arpège Premier Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut NV France12.5% alcohol. This is from three different terroirs

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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (12) Haywire and Garnet Valley Ranch
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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (12) Haywire and Garnet Valley Ranch

August 27, 2026August 27, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://haywirewinery.com/ I’ve reported on the wines of Okanagan star Haywire a lot in the past. Under the hands of

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Solvero in Garnet Valley
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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Solvero in Garnet Valley

August 27, 2026 jamiegoode
Kranz, a leading Pfalz winery, celebrates 25 years of making a single-vineyard wine from a special site called Kalmit
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Kranz, a leading Pfalz winery, celebrates 25 years of making a single-vineyard wine from a special site called Kalmit

August 26, 2026 jamiegoode
Mosel Riesling: tasting through some of the best examples at the VDP tasting 2026
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Mosel Riesling: tasting through some of the best examples at the VDP tasting 2026

August 25, 2026August 25, 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.

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