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Nyetimber plants another 40 hectares

May 18, 2020June 23, 2020 jamiegoode 8563 Views

It’s amazing to see how far English sparkling wine has come in a very short time. It was only last

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Rathfinny, one of England’s top sparkling wine producers

May 16, 2020 jamiegoode 10312 Views Sparkling wine

It has been 10 years since Mark and Sarah Driver first bought the land that is now Rathfinny Estate, one

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Highlights: Simpsons Gravel Castle Chardonnay 2019 England

April 20, 2020April 20, 2020 jamiegoode 5509 Views Chardonnay

The future for English sparkling wine is bright. Still wines? I’ve been a bit sceptical of these, although of late

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Highlights: Wiston Blanc de Blancs 2015 England

April 15, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 5903 Views Sparkling wine

Another really impressive sparkling wine from England. The vineyard is 6.5 hectares planted in 2006, on chalk soils of the

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Highlights: Black Chalk Classic 2016 Hampshire, England

April 14, 2020May 15, 2020 jamiegoode 6946 Views Sparkling wine

Black Chalk began life as a side-gig for Hattingley Valley winemaker Jacob Leadley. It was a joint venture with his

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Flint Vineyard, an exciting new producer from East Anglia, England

March 28, 2020March 28, 2020 jamiegoode 8934 Views

Ben and Hannah Witchell are the dudes behind Flint Vineyard, which is based in south Norfolk. They caught the wine

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Visiting London urban winery Vagabond

March 17, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 7714 Views urban winery

Gavin Monery is an Australian winemaker who’s made a name for himself for making stylish wines from urban wineries in

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westwell
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Westwell: an innovative winery from Kent, UK

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 jamiegoode 10001 Views

The English wine scene is becoming cooler. And one of the cool kids is Westwell. Adrian Pike left the music

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Blackbook urban winery london
England Profiles 

Blackbook: an urban winery in London

February 6, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 7389 Views London, urban winery

Website: https://www.blackbookwinery.com/ Blackbook is an urban winery, based under a railway arch in Battersea, London. It’s the project of Sergio

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Highlights: three special editions from Hush Heath, England

January 19, 2020January 19, 2020 jamiegoode 6397 Views Sparkling wine

This is a special edition trio of wines from Kent-based winery Hush Heath, with each wine being a personal project

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Mosel Riesling: tasting through some of the best examples at the VDP tasting 2026

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Riesling is Germany’s great strength, and one of its heartlands is the Mosel. In the second article on the VDP

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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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