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Crozes-Hermitage (3) Paul Jaboulet-Aîné

January 27, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 1737 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

Paul Jaboulet Aîné is one of the famous names in the northern Rhône. Owners of the famous chapel on the

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Crozes-Hermitage (4) Maison and Domaine Les Alexandrins

January 27, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2864 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

This is a domaine whose name has changed a bit. Domaine Alexandrins was first founded by Alexandre Caso and Guillaume

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Crozes-Hermitage (7) Yann Chave

January 27, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2784 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

I met Daphné Chave for lunch at 1906, and we were later joined by her father, Yann Chave. Daphné tells

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Crozes-Hermitage (6) Delas Frères

January 27, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2092 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

Website: https://www.delas.com/en/ Marco Beckman, cellar master, gave us a tour of the beautiful new winery, and then we tasted with

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Features Rhone 

Crozes-Hermitage (5) Cave de Tain

January 27, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2053 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

Cave de Tain is one of the leading players in the northern Rhône. I remember visiting back in 1998 as

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Features Regions Rhone 

Crozes-Hermitage and its new generation: exploring the largest of the appellations in the northern Rhône

January 27, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2821 Views Northern Rhone, syrah

Early on in my journey into wine I fell in love with Syrah from the northern Rhône. The problem was

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Australia Day Lunch 2025: celebrating Australian wine with some fine older bottles

January 27, 2025December 20, 2025 jamiegoode 3282 Views

As is the tradition (well, for the last four years) a group of jolly wine folk gathered to celebrate Australia

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Features Portugal TOP STORIES 

The remarkable wines of Barbeito, the leading producer from Madeira

January 24, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 3683 Views Madeira

Ricardo Freitas is a third generation Madeira producer, and his family firm Barbeito is widely regarded as the top producer

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Features South Africa TOP STORIES 

Vergelegen rebooted: visiting this important South African winery and meeting the man tasked with fulfilling the potential of an amazing set of vineyards

January 21, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 4404 Views

Website: https://vergelegen.co.za/ Vergelegen is one of the great wine projects of South Africa, and it has now been rebooted after

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Features Poland 

Polish wine: a study

January 20, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 6410 Views

This Polish wine seminar was presented by Adam Michocki at the Cool Climate Wine Summit in Copenhagen, January 2025. Adam

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Anthill Farms Winery: Californian elegance
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Anthill Farms Winery: Californian elegance

December 20, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.anthillfarms.com/ Anthill Farms began with 8 barrels of wine in 2024, and was started by three winemakers who’d met

The wine aisles at Lidl are depressing if you care about the wine industry
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The wine aisles at Lidl are depressing if you care about the wine industry

December 20, 2025 jamiegoode
Aldeia de Cima, Alentejo
Features Portugal 

The wines of Aldeia de Cima, an exciting project in Portugal’s Alentejo

December 18, 2025December 18, 2025 jamiegoode
New releases from Radford Dale, South Africa: the over-delivering Vinum wines, plus their new organic wines
Features Profiles South Africa 

New releases from Radford Dale, South Africa: the over-delivering Vinum wines, plus their new organic wines

December 17, 2025December 17, 2025 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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