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The wines of Graeme and Julie Bott (Domaine GJ Bott): what happens when a Kiwi comes to the Northern Rhône and finds love and a vocation

November 11, 2022November 13, 2022 jamiegoode 7111 Views

Website: https://www.domaine-gjbott.fr/en/ Graeme Bott is a Kiwi and he married Julie, who’s French and was born in the northern Rhône.

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Argentina Features Profiles 

Domaine Bousquet: how a winemaker swapped his French winery for an Argentine one, and then his Kuwait-born Iraqi son-in law grew it to be the country’s leading organic winery

November 10, 2022November 30, 2022 jamiegoode 6866 Views Malbec

Website: https://domainebousquet.com/en/ This week I met with Labid al Ameri (pictured above), co-owner of Domaine Bousquet, in London to hear

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Australia Features 

Chenin Blanc in Western Australia, an emerging story

November 4, 2022November 30, 2022 jamiegoode 5906 Views Chenin Blanc

Two Aussies were at the recent Chenin Blanc Congress in Stellenbosch, as well as 70 growers from Anjuo/Saumur and Vouvray,

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Features South Africa 

On the Chenin Blanc trail in Stellenbosch, visiting four old vineyards and tasting the wines

November 1, 2022November 30, 2022 jamiegoode 7332 Views

Today I spent the afternoon visiting vineyards. Not an unusual activity for me, but this was part of the second

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In Niagara (7) Thomas Bachelder: top Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Gamay from Canada’s Niagara region

November 1, 2022November 30, 2022 jamiegoode 6582 Views Chardonnay, pinot noir

Website: https://bachelderniagara.com/ Tasting with Thomas Bachelder is a remarkable experience. He has an innate curiosity and knowledge of wine that

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Features Latest South Africa 

Lismore: tasting the latest releases from Samantha O’Keefe in Greyton, South Africa

November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 jamiegoode 5111 Views

Website: https://www.lismore.co.za/ Samantha O’Keefe is a pioneering wine grower in Greyton, where she first planted a wine farm in 2004.

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Features New Zealand TOP STORIES 

Felton Road: current releases and a retrospective, celebrating 25 years of this important Central Otago producer

October 30, 2022November 4, 2022 jamiegoode 7156 Views

It’s easy to forget how recent Central Otago’s progress as a world famous wine region is. When the first blocks

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Highlights: three from Folding Hill in Central Otago, NZ

October 29, 2022 jamiegoode 4444 Views Central Otago

Website: http://www.foldinghill.co.nz/ I’ve been following Folding Hill, which is based in the Bendigo region of Central Otago, since I first

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Highlights: Champagne Billecart Salmon Cuvée Elizabeth Salmon Rosé 2009

October 28, 2022November 21, 2022 jamiegoode 3478 Views

Website: https://www.champagne-billecart.fr/en/millesime/cuvee-elisabeth-salmon-2009 It’s Champagne day today, so time for a treat, and it’s the prestige pink fizz from Billecart-Salmon, the

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Westwell Pelegrim NV England

October 27, 2022November 21, 2022 jamiegoode 3567 Views

Website: https://www.westwellwines.com/products/pelegrim-nv Good to see many English sparkling wine producers moving towards a non-vintage model, which allows reserve wines to

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Domaine Colombet: impressive wines from Saint Joseph in the northern Rhône
Features Latest Rhone 

Domaine Colombet: impressive wines from Saint Joseph in the northern Rhône

February 19, 2026February 19, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://domainecolombet.fr/ Nicolas Colombet is an eighth-generation winegrower, farming 6 hectares of vines at the Condrieu-adjacent border of the Saint

Aldo Conterno: tasting the range from this celebrated Barolo producer
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Aldo Conterno: tasting the range from this celebrated Barolo producer

February 18, 2026February 18, 2026 jamiegoode
Visiting Renán Cancino of Huaso de Sauzal, making ultratraditional wines from Maule, Chile
Chile Features Latest 

Visiting Renán Cancino of Huaso de Sauzal, making ultratraditional wines from Maule, Chile

February 18, 2026February 18, 2026 jamiegoode
Visiting Domaine Huet, the best-known winery in Vouvray
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Visiting Domaine Huet, the best-known winery in Vouvray

February 17, 2026February 17, 2026 jamiegoode

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