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Highlights: Gusbourne Blanc de Blancs 2016 England

January 25, 2021February 17, 2021 jamiegoode 5408 Views Sparkling wine

Gusbourne Blanc de Blancs 2016 England12% alcohol. This is from two vineyards. One is in Appeldore in Kent and is

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Champagne England Features 

English Sparkling Wine vs Champagne

November 2, 2020November 2, 2020 jamiegoode 9966 Views Sparkling wine

Here are the results of Noble Rot’s Second English Sparkling wine versus Champagne blind tasting, which was recently held in

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England Regions Videos 

Video: vintage at Tillingham

October 15, 2020October 20, 2020 jamiegoode 4043 Views Natural wine

Jamie Goode visits Tillingham winery in Sussex (UK). It’s vintage time, and after a look round and a chance to

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England Features Gallery 

Gallery: vintage at Tillingham, a natural winery in Sussex, UK

October 14, 2020 jamiegoode 5310 Views Natural wine, Winemaking

Two days in Sussex. I actually did some proper work. After a gentle first day (looking round, tasting the 2020

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England Highlights 

Highlights: two from Roebuck Estates, Sussex, England

October 13, 2020October 19, 2020 jamiegoode 5394 Views Sparkling wine

Roebuck Estates is new to me (they are a relatively new arrival on the UK wine scene), but I was

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Ridgeview Oak Reserve NV England

October 6, 2020December 24, 2020 jamiegoode 5002 Views

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of sparkling wine house Ridgeview, a limited edition high-end bottling has been released. The base

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Blackbook ‘Little Wonder’ Cabernet Noir Redhill Farm Estate 2018 Kent, England

September 22, 2020November 14, 2020 jamiegoode 5073 Views

Cabernet Noir is an interesting grape varieties. It is one of the resistant crosses made by Valentin Blattner in Switzerland,

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England Features Profiles 

Tillingham: visting the winery leading the charge for natural wine in the UK

September 20, 2020September 20, 2020 jamiegoode 12401 Views

It’s a sunny day in July, and my first time out of London since lockdown. I’m heading to Tillingham, a

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Litmus Red Pinot 2018 England

September 18, 2020 jamiegoode 5413 Views

This is made by Litmus Wines at Denbies Wine Estate in Surrey. It’s called ‘Red Pinot’ because it is a

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England Highlights 

Highlights: two pinks from English producer Chapel Down

August 11, 2020November 14, 2020 jamiegoode 2990 Views

Chapel Down are one of the UK’s largest wineries, sourcing grapes from all over the south of England. These two

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Jason Haas of Tablas Creek and Andrew Bayley (GM of Beaucastel’s UK operation) presented this really interesting tasting, telling the

Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich
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Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich

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Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range
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Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range

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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 
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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 

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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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