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Visiting Gaja, one of Piedmont’s top producers, and seeing the new Alta Langa vineyards

August 5, 2021August 7, 2021 jamiegoode 24114 Views barbaresco, Nebbiolo

Barbaresco is a small town, and it is pretty much dominated by one producer, Gaja, who put this Piedmont appellation

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Highlights: G.D. Vajra Langhe Nebbiolo 2019 Piedmont, Italy

August 2, 2021August 2, 2021 jamiegoode 8087 Views Nebbiolo

I had this wine last night at a lovely restaurant in Pollenza, in Piedmont. It was a fancy place, but

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Pio Cesare: 140 years of benchmark Barolo and Barbaresco

June 23, 2021May 14, 2022 jamiegoode 10375 Views barbaresco, barolo, Nebbiolo, piedmont

This was a tasting to celebrate 140 years of this important Piedmont producer, whose production is split almost equally between

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Chianti Classico: 46 top wines tasted and rated

June 12, 2021January 11, 2024 jamiegoode 14232 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 6780 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 4398 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: Figli Luigi Oddero Barbaresco Rombone 2016 Piedmont, Italy

May 20, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 5617 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 6340 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 6586 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: La Stoppa Trebbiolo Rosso 2018 Vino Rosso, Italy

March 22, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 6707 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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Video: visiting an agroforestry coffee plantation in Brazil, the 15 hectare Sombra experiment that’s a collaboration between Fazenda Mió and Volcano Coffee Works in the UK
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Video: visiting an agroforestry coffee plantation in Brazil, the 15 hectare Sombra experiment that’s a collaboration between Fazenda Mió and Volcano Coffee Works in the UK

July 13, 2026 jamiegoode

Coffee is often grown as a monocrop. Here, at Fazenda Mió in Brazil I’m visiting a 15 hectare agroforestry experiment,

Six wines from UK independent wine merchant Tanners
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Six wines from UK independent wine merchant Tanners

July 11, 2026July 11, 2026 jamiegoode
Champagne Perrier Jouët have implemented regenerative viticulture in half of their vineyard area, and they are already seeing differences in the base wines
Champagne Features Latest Regions Wine Science 

Champagne Perrier Jouët have implemented regenerative viticulture in half of their vineyard area, and they are already seeing differences in the base wines

July 9, 2026 jamiegoode
Highlights: Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 2023 South Africa
Features Highlights Latest South Africa TOP STORIES 

Highlights: Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 2023 South Africa

July 8, 2026July 8, 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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