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Chianti Classico: 46 top wines tasted and rated

June 12, 2021January 11, 2024 jamiegoode 14000 Views chianti

Held in May 2021 in London (one of six global Chianti Classico events, including Chicago, New York, Monaco, Firenze and

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Montecalvi, an exciting small producer from Chianti Classico

June 9, 2021June 8, 2022 jamiegoode 6550 Views chianti

Website: https://www.montecalvi.com/ Montecalvi is an old vineyard and wine has been made here since the 15th century. It became an

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Prosecco: wines from two good producers, Le Rughe and Anna Spinato

May 30, 2021 jamiegoode 4258 Views prosecco

These Proseccos are from two producers – Le Rughe and Anna Spinato – imported into the UK by the Beverage

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Highlights Italy 

Highlights: Figli Luigi Oddero Barbaresco Rombone 2016 Piedmont, Italy

May 20, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 5509 Views Nebbiolo, piedmont

I’m getting into Nebbiolo, and this is a good one. Justerini & Brooks Italian buyer Giles Burk-Gaffney is a big

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Highlights: Pietradolce Archineri Etna Rosso 2017 Sicily, Italy

March 25, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 6231 Views Sicily

Pietradolce was established in 2005 (first vintage 2009), and they have 11 hectares of vines planted in high altitude sites

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Highlights: Querciabella Chianti Classico 2017 Tuscany, Italy

March 24, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 6497 Views chianti

This is Sangiovese from Greve, Radda and Gaiole, biodynamically farmed, made by Querciabella. The Greve vineyards are sandstone and sand

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Highlights Italy 

Highlights: La Stoppa Trebbiolo Rosso 2018 Vino Rosso, Italy

March 22, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 6526 Views Natural wine

How do you assess a wine like this Trebbiolo from La Stoppa? If you are a techno winemaker, you reject

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Giorgio Melandri’s Mutililiana wines: Sangiovese thrives in Modigliana, Romagna

March 19, 2021June 8, 2021 Lisse Garnett 7956 Views Sangiovese

Modigliana, in Italy’s Romagna region, is producing Sangiovese like you have never tasted before. The Mutiliana wines of Giorgio Melandri

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Chile Features Italy 

An ode to Carménère, Grande Vidure, Merlot Peumo…

February 19, 2021June 8, 2021 Lisse Garnett 6405 Views carmenere

Lisse Garnett reports on this Coelocanth of grape varieties. Once a major Bordeaux variety, Carménère was wiped out in the

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Burgundy Features Italy 

A celebration of the underdog vintages: Burgundy 2017 and Barolo 2014

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 jamiegoode 5608 Views barolo, piedmont

Vintage variation is one of the facets of wine that makes it so complicated, but also so engrossing. Most wines

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Videos: Robots in the vineyard, new technology applied

May 14, 2026May 14, 2026 jamiegoode

Viticulture is expensive, and a lot of the cost is paying people to do quite boring, repetitive work. Of course,

Brent Marris, Emma Marris and The Ned, tasting wines from one of Marlborough’s (NZ) emerging dynasties
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Brent Marris, Emma Marris and The Ned, tasting wines from one of Marlborough’s (NZ) emerging dynasties

May 12, 2026May 12, 2026 jamiegoode
Brunia, an exciting cool-climate wine project from South Africa’s Walker Bay
Features Latest Regions South Africa 

Brunia, an exciting cool-climate wine project from South Africa’s Walker Bay

May 11, 2026May 11, 2026 jamiegoode
Cantina Antonioli are making lovely natural wines in the foothills of the Apennine mountain range in Italy’s Umbria
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Cantina Antonioli are making lovely natural wines in the foothills of the Apennine mountain range in Italy’s Umbria

May 10, 2026May 12, 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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