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Crozes-Hermitage (17) Laurent Fayolle

February 21, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2609 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 2644 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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Crozes-Hermitage (15) Domaine Belle

February 21, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2210 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

I met with Valentin Belle (pictured above) of Domaine Belle to taste through some of their wines. This is a

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Crozes-Hermitage (13) Clairmont

February 19, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2177 Views crozes-hermitage

Clairmont is a small cooperative, and I met with Frédéric Borja, the President of the Clairmont cooperative, to taste through

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Crozes-Hermitage (12) Domaine des Lises / Domaine Alain Graillot

February 19, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 4717 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

I’ve been following the wines of Alain Graillot for a long time. They’ve always been benchmark, old school Crozes-Hermitage, wines

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Crozes-Hermitage (11) Domaine Delhome

February 19, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2546 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

I met with Romain Delhome of Domaine Delhome to taste through some wines. Delhome built their winery in 2019. The

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Crozes-Hermitage (10) Domaine Pradelle

February 19, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1988 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

I met with Alexandre Pradelle of Domaine Pradelle to taste through some wines. Alexandre’s father (Jean-Louis) and uncle (Jacques) created

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Crozes-Hermitage (9) Domaine Combier

February 18, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2771 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

Here we met with the impressive David Combier. This domaine was begun by David’s great grandparents in 1932, but until

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Crozes-Hermitage (8) Domaine du Murinais, with Luc and Valentin Tardy

February 18, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2233 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

Luc Tardy took over Domaine du Murinais from his father in 1988, and immediately stopped growing peaches, choosing to focus

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Crozes-Hermitage (2) M Chapoutier

January 27, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2693 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

Chapoutier are one of the major producers in the northern Rhône, and they have 60 hectares in the Crozes-Hermitage appellation,

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Swartberg Wingerde: the amazing Piekeneerskloof wines of Rudiger Gretschel

April 3, 2026April 3, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://swartbergwingerde.co.za/ When Rudiger Gretschel (pictured above) was being interviewed for his job with Tim Rands (Boekenhoutskloof et al), he

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Domaine des Tourelles, making impressive wines in Lebanon

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