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  • Rabasco: beautiful natural wines from Abruzzo, Italy
  • With these twelve wines, Juampi Michellini, Matias Riccitelli, Rafael Urreloja and Derek Mossman Knapp illustrate Argentina and Chile’s precocious ability to express the best in any variety 
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Lorenzo Vignoli, artist and amphora maker

December 4, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 2739 Views

Website: https://www.vignolisculture.com/ While I was visiting Fattoria Le Masse in Chianti Classico I caught up with artist Lorenzo Vignoli, who

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Alfred Gratien NV

December 3, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 2299 Views

Champagne Alfred Gratien NV France12.5% alcohol. Gratien is a small house of around 300 000 bottles a year, and is

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Features Italy 

Chianti Classico deep dive (12) Castello di Ama

December 2, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 2957 Views Chianti Classico

Website: https://castellodiama.com/en/ Castello di Ama is one of Chianti Classico’s most prestigious properties, and it was started in 1976 by

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Features New Zealand Regions 

Tasting the 2023s from Felton Road, a leading winery from New Zealand’s Central Otago region

December 1, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 6263 Views Central Otago, Chardonnay, pinot noir

Nicola Greening was in town to show off the 2023s from star Central Otago winegrower Felton Road. This was a

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Features Italy 

Chianti Classico deep dive (11) Badia a Coltibuono

November 30, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 3102 Views Chianti Classico

Website: www.coltibuono.com Badia a Coltibuono is a historic estate in Chianti Classico dating back to the middle ages. The abbey

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Austria Features 

Sommer: beautiful low-intervention wines from Austria’s Leithaberg region

November 28, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 3877 Views

Website: https://weingut-sommer.at/ Sommer are based in Leithaberg, in Burgenland, Austria, where they have 30 hectares of vines. Next generation Leo

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Features New York State 

A New York State/Finger Lakes study with 9 interesting wines

November 27, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 5006 Views Finger Lakes, Long Island, Riesling

Last night I presented a masterclass at 67 Pall Mall on some of the wines from New York state, with

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Australia Features 

Some Australian fine wines from Berkmannn Wine Cellars

November 22, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 2945 Views

Website: https://www.berkmann.co.uk/ Berkmann are a respected UK importer who have built up a portfolio of really interesting Australian wines, among

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California Features 

In the Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (11) Three Sticks Wines

November 21, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 3110 Views Russian River Valley

Website: https://threestickswines.com/ Three Sticks is one of the wineries owned by Bill Price, whose nickname is ‘Billy Three Sticks’. He

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Features Loire 

Exploring the Centre Loire (4) Domaine Villargeau, Coteaux du Giennois

November 20, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 4833 Views

Website: https://www.domaine-villargeau.fr/ Villargeau is an impressive producer based in the Coteaux du Giennois in the Centre Loire. I visited with

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Celebrating 25 years of Filipa Pato’s wines with an amazing lunch and tasting
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Celebrating 25 years of Filipa Pato’s wines with an amazing lunch and tasting

October 30, 2026October 30, 2026 jamiegoode

Flipa Pato, daughter of famous Bairrada winegrower Luis Pato, first started making her own wines 25 years ago, in 2001.

Rabasco: beautiful natural wines from Abruzzo, Italy
Features Italy Latest 

Rabasco: beautiful natural wines from Abruzzo, Italy

October 28, 2026October 28, 2026 jamiegoode
With these twelve wines, Juampi Michellini, Matias Riccitelli, Rafael Urreloja and Derek Mossman Knapp illustrate Argentina and Chile’s precocious ability to express the best in any variety 
Argentina Chile Features Latest 

With these twelve wines, Juampi Michellini, Matias Riccitelli, Rafael Urreloja and Derek Mossman Knapp illustrate Argentina and Chile’s precocious ability to express the best in any variety 

October 26, 2026October 26, 2026 Lisse Garnett
Three wines from a new producer in Oxfordshire (UK): Yew Tree Vineyard
England Features Latest 

Three wines from a new producer in Oxfordshire (UK): Yew Tree Vineyard

October 24, 2026October 24, 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.

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