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Highlights: Umani Ronchi Fonte Del Re Lacrima di Morro d’Alba 2022 Italy

January 6, 2024January 6, 2024 jamiegoode 4933 Views

Supermarkets aren’t always the best place to find characterful, interesting wines, but this remarkable Lacrima is available in the UK

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Chianti Classico Deep Dive (2) Fontodi

December 20, 2023December 22, 2023 jamiegoode 9901 Views Chianti Classico, Sangiovese

Website: https://www.fontodi.com/en/Home.html Fontodi is one of the top properties in Chianti Classico. I last visited back in 2008, so it

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Video: visiting the Chianti Classico wine region, all four episodes

December 10, 2023December 10, 2023 jamiegoode 6468 Views Chianti Classico

Four wine friends – John Szabo, Michael Godel, Jamie Goode and Emily Harman – visit the Chianti Classico wine region.

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Highlights: Pasqua Hey French: You Could Have Made This But You Didn’t

December 6, 2023December 27, 2023 jamiegoode 8434 Views

This is something a bit different. It’s a non-vintage blend, but it’s high end. And it has an arty label.

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Chianti Classico Deep Dive (1) Bindi Sergardi

December 4, 2023December 4, 2023 jamiegoode 5577 Views Chianti Classico

Website: https://www.bindisergardi.it/en/ This is the first in a series of articles based on a week in Chianti Classico, a wine

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Highlights: Castello di Fonterutoli Badiòla Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2017 Italy

December 1, 2023 jamiegoode 3564 Views Chianti Classico

The new category of Gran Selezzione has been a real boost to Chianti Classico, and here’s a really good example,

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Allegrini’s La Poja: a vertical tasting of this important Veneto wine

September 26, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 3661 Views veneto

Website: https://allegrini.it/en/ Silvia and Francesco Allegrini are the seventh generation involved with the business, and they presented this vertical tasting

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In Montalcino: the Challenging 2023 Vintage

September 18, 2023March 5, 2024 Treve Ring 7619 Views Brunello di Montalcino, Harvest, Toscana

I spent time in Montalcino in end August, the last opportunity to taste with winemakers before they are headstrong into

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In Montalcino: Canalicchio di Sopra

September 13, 2023September 18, 2023 Treve Ring 6280 Views Brunello di Montalcino, Toscana

I knew I would like Francesco Ripaccioli when he professed his deep love for Champagne. Francesco, cellar rat / managing

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The rare grape varieties of Italy: a Texsom seminar

September 7, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 4124 Views

A Texsom seminar led by Marquita Levy-Pennington and Shelley Lindgren. ‘We could have this seminar last for two weeks,’ says

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Moldova is an important wine country, and increasingly it’s making some really good wines
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Moldova is an important wine country, and increasingly it’s making some really good wines

October 1, 2026 jamiegoode

At a recent event in London I managed to taste through a good range of Moldovan wines. It’s one of

Exploring speciality coffee and its parallels with fine wine: a visit to Fazenda Mió in Brazil to catch the harvest
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A 20 year vertical of Kumeu River’s Hunting Hill Chardonnay
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A 20 year vertical of Kumeu River’s Hunting Hill Chardonnay

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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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