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Highlights: Domaine Richaud Les Galets 2023 Côtes du Rhône, France

August 9, 2025August 9, 2025 jamiegoode 743 Views

This is a really impressive southern Rhône red from Richaud, a top producer in Cairanne. Domaine Richaud Les Galets 2023

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Beaumes de Venise, the Rhône cru with two faces

April 23, 2025April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 1672 Views

Website: https://www.beaumesdevenise-aoc.fr/ Beaumes de Venise is a small cru in the southern Rhône that describes itself as a terroir with

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La Nouvelle Garde is an organization that brings together the next generation of Crozes-Hermitage, and they threw a party

April 3, 2025April 4, 2025 jamiegoode 1513 Views crozes-hermitage

In 2023 a new association emerged in the northern Rhône, called La Nouvelle Garde de Crozes-Hermitage. This is the biggest

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Cairanne, another rising star cru in the Rhône

April 1, 2025 jamiegoode 1805 Views Cairanne

There’s been a lot of interest in the Rhône cru of Cairanne recently. It’s one of the crus capable of

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Ventoux, the rising star of the Rhône Valley – tasting 24 examples

March 31, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2103 Views Ventoux

This article is based on a masterclass with Alistair Cooper at The Decouvertes Vins Rhône festival in Avignon, March 2025,

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Crozes-Hermitage: my pick of 22 of the best wines from this interesting appellation

February 26, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 3921 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

Back in late November I visited Crozes-Hermitage in the Northen Rhône, taking some time to visit many of the producers,

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Crozes-Hermitage (18) a big tasting of whites and reds

February 26, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2156 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

WHITES In 2023, Crozes-Hermitage was 11% white. Here I tried 18 whites. Vidal-Fleury Crozes-Hermitage Blanc 202213% alcohol. Marsanne with some

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Crozes-Hermitage (14) Domaine des Hauts Châssis

February 25, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1200 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

Next stop was at Domaine des Hauts Châssis, for a visit and tasting with the Raphaël Faugier. His father created

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Crozes-Hermitage (17) Laurent Fayolle

February 21, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1460 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

Laurent Fayolle is one of the stars of Crozes-Hermitage, and his family domaine is base in the north, in the

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Crozes-Hermitage (16) Domaine des Combat

February 21, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1794 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

Sandra Combat is quite a character. She was a brand ambassador for Mouton Cadet in China, where she lived for

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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
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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.

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