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Gigondas: one of the Rhône’s most famous crus, celebrated for its reds but now making whites too

June 15, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 4697 Views

Website: https://www.gigondas-vin.com/en/home/ Gigondas is one of the most prestigious of the Rhône crus (the average bottle price in France for

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Gigondas goes white: tasting the first of the new Gigondas Blanc wines

June 15, 2024March 28, 2025 jamiegoode 7638 Views

There’s a lot of excitement in Gigondas about white wines. From 2023, Gigondas can be white as well as red!

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Rhone discovery (6) a big tasting of Ventoux wines

April 14, 2024June 18, 2024 jamiegoode 13010 Views Ventoux

The Ventoux appellation in the southern Rhône is seriously underrated. I spent a few days there and came away enthused

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Rhône discovery (5) Xavier Vignon, Ventoux

April 13, 2024June 18, 2024 jamiegoode 4355 Views

Xavier Vignon arrived in the southern Rhône in 1996 as a winemaker and consultant and fell in love with the

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Chapoutier’s Sélection Parcellaire releases, 2023

April 11, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 4591 Views

Chapoutier Sélections Parcellaires En Primeur 2023 When it comes to Rhône wines, no names are bigger than M Chapoutier. But

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Rhône discovery (4) Château Pesquié, one of the leading lights in Ventoux

April 7, 2024June 18, 2024 jamiegoode 3908 Views Ventoux

Website: https://chateaupesquie.com/en/welcome/ The Chaudière family farm 100 hectares of vines in Ventoux. They are based in the village of Mormoiron

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Rhône discovery (3) Domaine Souleyrol, Ventoux

April 5, 2024June 18, 2024 jamiegoode 3255 Views Ventoux

Website: https://domaine-souleyrol.com/ Souleyrol is a beautiful property in Ventoux. It’s a mixed farm with cherries, olives, apricots, table grapes and

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Rhone discovery (2) Domaine Aymard, Ventoux

April 2, 2024June 18, 2024 jamiegoode 4496 Views Ventoux

Website: http://domaineaymard.fr/ When it began bottling its own wine in 1979, Domaine Aymard was one of the first private cellars

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Rhône discovery (1) Les Chancel, Ventoux

March 23, 2024June 18, 2024 jamiegoode 5145 Views Ventoux

Website: https://www.leschancel.com/ Pierre Chancel was working for Sanofi, a drug company, in his previous life. At one point he was

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Domaine des Escaravailles, a southern Rhône star

March 14, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 7386 Views Cairanne, Grenache, Rasteau

Website: https://www.domaine-escaravailles.com/en/ Escaravilles means bettle in Occitan, hence the scarb beetle on the label. I tasted these wines with Madeline

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Cantina Terlarno and Produttori del Barbaresco: an amazing dinner with two of the world’s great cooperative wineries, tasting back to the 1960s
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Cantina Terlarno and Produttori del Barbaresco: an amazing dinner with two of the world’s great cooperative wineries, tasting back to the 1960s

October 23, 2026October 23, 2026 jamiegoode

I was very happy to attend this dinner! Held by the excellent Fine + Rare at Wiltons, the evening featured

The 2025 wines from Pascal Jolivet in Sancerre
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The 2025 wines from Pascal Jolivet in Sancerre

October 22, 2026 jamiegoode
Quinta da Vinha dos Padres: remarkable wines from Portugal’s Alentejo
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Quinta da Vinha dos Padres: remarkable wines from Portugal’s Alentejo

October 22, 2026October 22, 2026 jamiegoode
Australia’s Clare Valley: a mini-study in six wines
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Australia’s Clare Valley: a mini-study in six wines

October 21, 2026October 21, 2026 jamiegoode

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