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Costières de Nîmes, an exciting region in the Rhône, part 1: introduction

October 20, 2022January 20, 2023 jamiegoode 5479 Views Costieres de Nimes, southern rhone

Website: https://www.costieres-nimes.org/en/vineyard The most southerly of the Rhône vineyards, Costières de Nîmes is southwest of Avignon, and due south of

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Mirabeau: the taste of Pink

September 1, 2022September 1, 2022 jamiegoode 4988 Views

Website: https://www.maisonmirabeau.com/ Mirabeau has grown a lot since its inception. When I visited Stephen and Jeany Cronk back in 2015

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Jean Claude Mas, of Paul Mas: a Languedoc wine entrepreneur

August 9, 2022 jamiegoode 9322 Views

Website: https://www.paulmas.com/en/a-propos/jean-claude-mas/ Paul Mas is one of the Langeudoc’s most astute wine producers. Established as recently as 1999 by Jean

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Roussillon’s spirited new wave of vignerons: ancient vines, unimpeachable terroir, organic viticulture and the maverick spirit of Catalan culture

December 1, 2021December 14, 2021 Lisse Garnett 10756 Views Roussillon

Part (1): Banyuls, Collioure, Rivesaltes and Maury Roussillon’s still wines are garnering more respect than ever before especially in the

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Highlights: Jones On the QT Bin 27 Orange Macabeu 2020 France

April 23, 2021 jamiegoode 4471 Views

Jones On the QT Bin 27 Orange Macabeu 2020 FranceJust 450 bottles of this wine made. It’s from a 60

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Domaine Lafage: a Roussillon success story

March 17, 2021 jamiegoode 8619 Views Roussillon

Jean-Marc and Eliane Lafage have built their Roussillon domaine into one of the powerhouses of the region, expanding vineyard holdings

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Highlights South of France 

Highlights: Domaine du Gros’ Noré 2017 Bandol, France

September 21, 2020October 9, 2020 jamiegoode 5185 Views Bandol, Mourvedre

Alain Pascal began this domaine in 1997. I first came across these wines courtesy of La Vigneronne, a wine shop

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Features South of France 

White wines from the Southern Rhône

August 13, 2020August 17, 2020 jamiegoode 6147 Views southern rhone

We often think of the Southern Rhône as being a red wine region. But of late, I’ve tasted some very

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Highlights: Château La Negly La Brise Marine 2019 La Clape

August 11, 2020 jamiegoode 5203 Views Languedoc

Château La Negly La Brise Marine 2019 La Clape, Languedoc, France13.5% alcohol. This is a blend of Bourboulenc, Roussanne and

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Château Cavalier: rosés from Provence

August 1, 2020 jamiegoode 6909 Views Provence, Rose

Website: https://www.chateau-cavalier.com/en/ This is a property owned by Castel at the foot of the Massif des Maures in the heart

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Paying more for quality, and the crisis of affordability in wine
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Paying more for quality, and the crisis of affordability in wine

October 8, 2025October 8, 2025 jamiegoode

It costs money to make wine. Quite a bit of it, if it’s done well. The chief problem is this:

Visiting Aya Estate for the opening of their winery: Bulgarian wine playing at a new level
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Visiting Aya Estate for the opening of their winery: Bulgarian wine playing at a new level

October 7, 2025October 7, 2025 jamiegoode
Bonhams is auctioning off the cellar of Locanda Locatelli, and a few of us get to try some of the gems over lunch
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Bonhams is auctioning off the cellar of Locanda Locatelli, and a few of us get to try some of the gems over lunch

October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 jamiegoode
A quick guide to New Zealand wine
Features Latest New to wine New Zealand Regions 

A quick guide to New Zealand wine

October 5, 2025October 6, 2025 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.

Since then it has grown, and Jamie is now a full-time wine writer, lecturer, wine judge and book author.

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