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California Profiles 

The wines of Louis M Martini, California

December 10, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 3164 Views Napa, Sonoma

Website: https://www.louismartini.com/ Louis Martini established the winery named after him in 1933, just after the repeal of prohibition. He’d established

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Features Portugal 

Poças: a Portuguese Port house now making some exceptional Douro table wines

December 7, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 3989 Views Douro

Website: https://pocas.pt/en/# One Douro estate that has been taking my eye of late is Poças. They are a family owned

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Latest Profiles Regions South Africa 

Scions of Sinai: the wines of Bernhard Bredell

December 7, 2022December 9, 2022 jamiegoode 8242 Views

Website: https://scionsofsinai.com/ Scions of Sinai: the wines of Bernhard Bredell Website: https://scionsofsinai.com/ Scions of Sinai: the wines of Bernhard Bredell

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Weingut Thörle: Impressive new wave German wines from this Rheinhessen estate

December 6, 2022December 6, 2022 jamiegoode 5186 Views

Website: www.thorle-wein.de Thörle is a family domaine based in Saulheim in the Rheinhessen, and since 2006 it has been run

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clos du temple rose
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Clos du Temple, Gérard Bertrand’s ambitious rosé project in Cabrières, Languedoc

December 4, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 8084 Views Rose

Website: https://en.gerard-bertrand.com/collections/clos-du-temple Back in 2016 Gerard Bertrand purchased a beautiful estate in the rolling hills of the Haut Cabrières, and

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France Latest Regions Videos 

Visiting Clos du Temple, home to the world’s most expensive rosé

December 4, 2022December 4, 2022 jamiegoode 6770 Views

Back in 2016 Gerard Bertrand purchased a beautiful estate in the rolling hills of the Haut Cabrières, and from the

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Cabernet Sauvignon
Australia Features Regions TOP STORIES 

Celebrating Cabernet Sauvignon: tasting 10 benchmarks from around the wine world blind

November 28, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 5639 Views Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River

Since 1982, Western Australian winery Cape Mentelle has held an International Cabernet Tasting at the winery. Founder David Hohnen began

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Bordeaux Features Regions 

Dourthe Parcellaires: a new concept from this Bordeaux firm

November 27, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 4514 Views

This is a new series of limited edition bottlings that Dourthe have released to challenge the Bordeaux concept of blending.

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Bruno Paillard Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 2013 France

November 25, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 3795 Views

Champagne Bruno Paillard Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 2013 FranceFrom the Grand Cru villages of Oger and Mesnil-sur-Oger. Disgorged in

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Features South Africa 

Tasting the Winemag and Prescient Best of Category South African Wines

November 24, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 4395 Views

Websites: https://winemag.co.za/ and https://www.prescient.co.za/ This was a really interesting lunch, hosted at High Timber, to showcase the Winemag and Prescient

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Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich
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Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich

September 28, 2025 jamiegoode

I’ve tasted a lot of wines before, but this was the first time I’d tried any from Bolivia. Nayan Gowda,

Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range
Champagne Features Latest Regions TOP STORIES 

Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range

September 26, 2025September 27, 2025 jamiegoode
Icelandic pharma-titan, Robert Wessman of Maison Wessman in Bergerac and his Wine Director, Lise Sadirac, fight for a new Issigeac micro-appellation with musical backing from Nora Jones 
Features France France Latest 

Icelandic pharma-titan, Robert Wessman of Maison Wessman in Bergerac and his Wine Director, Lise Sadirac, fight for a new Issigeac micro-appellation with musical backing from Nora Jones 

September 25, 2025September 25, 2025 Lisse Garnett
The Judgement of Cape Town
Features Latest South Africa 

The Judgement of Cape Town

September 23, 2025September 23, 2025 Treve Ring

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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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