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Video: regenerative viticulture at Champagne Perrier-Jouët

June 30, 2026 jamiegoode 1250 Views

Jamie Goode investigates the regenerative viticulture plots in the Ambonnay vineyards of Champagne Perrier-Jouët. This project has been going since

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Konstantin Frank, one of the most important wineries in the Finger Lakes region of New York State

June 28, 2026June 28, 2026 jamiegoode 934 Views

This is one of the most well known (and important) of the Finger Lakes wineries, with a debut vintage of

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Visiting Hillick & Hobbs with winemaker Lynne Fahy – one of the most spectacular vineyards in the Finger Lakes region of New York State

June 26, 2026June 26, 2026 jamiegoode 2157 Views Finger Lakes, Riesling

Website: https://www.hillickandhobbs.com/ Paul Hobbs is very well known in the wine world, and as well as consulting widely he opened

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Video: Hollick & Hobbs, Seneca Lake, Finger Lakes, New York

June 26, 2026 jamiegoode 891 Views Finger Lakes

Jamie Goode visits winemaker Lynne Fahy at one of the Finger Lakes’ (New York State) most exciting vineyards: Hollick &

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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (10) Corcelettes

June 26, 2026 jamiegoode 742 Views Similkameen

Website: https://www.corceletteswine.ca/ Corcelettes is one of the leading producers in the Similkameen Valley, which is a small but interesting valley

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Island Wines: a tasting of sweet wines from Tenerife, Pantellaria, Kefalonia and Santorini

June 26, 2026June 26, 2026 jamiegoode 632 Views

Matteo Montone presented this seminar on sweet wines from islands, as part of the excellent Island Wines summit in Tenerife.

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Lunch at Treadwell (Niagara, Canada) with some lovely wines: Ulysses Colin, La Rogerie and Comando G

June 25, 2026June 25, 2026 jamiegoode 649 Views

Sometimes you have to seize the opportunity, Ferris Bueller style. I’d been judging wine with a panel that consisted of

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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze

June 24, 2026June 24, 2026 jamiegoode 607 Views Okanagan Valley

Website: https://www.lakebreeze.ca/ Lake Breeze is on the Naramata Bench, and since 2021 has been owned by the McIntyre family. The

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Restaurants: Fat Rabbit, St Catharines, Niagara – so good I went twice in a week

June 24, 2026June 24, 2026 jamiegoode 1003 Views Restaurants

Website: https://fat-rabbit.ca/ I was in town a day early for the WineAlign National Wine Awards in Canada’s Niagara region, and

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The concept of island wines is now firmly established: a tasting with Pascaline Lepeltier

June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 jamiegoode 1219 Views

 At the 2026 Island Wines Summit, celebrated sommelier Pascaline Lepeltier (now at Chambers Wines in New York) led a really

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Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes
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Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes

September 16, 2026 jamiegoode

As far as lunches go, this was one of the best I’ve had in recent years, held at the remarkable

Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday
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Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday

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Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026
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Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026

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the central dozen - 12 central otago pinot noirs
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The Central Dozen, an important exercise in telling the contemporary story of Central Otago Pinot Noir through a curated selection of 12 bottles

September 12, 2026September 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.

Since then it has grown, and Jamie is now a full-time wine writer, lecturer, wine judge and book author.

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