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Highlights: De Lille Cellars D2 2017 Columbia Valley, Washington State

April 8, 2026 jamiegoode 1042 Views

Website: https://delillecellars.com/ De Lille Cellars D2 2017 Columbia Valley, Washington State, USA14.2% alcohol. I visited De Lille back in 2015,

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Highlights: Hedges Family Estate La Haute Cuvée 2019 Red Mountain, Washington State

July 30, 2024July 30, 2024 jamiegoode 3329 Views

Website: https://hedgesfamilyestate.com/ Hedges Family Estate La Haute Cuvée 2019 Red Mountain, Washington State, USA13.5% alcohol. 93% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3.5% Petit

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Northwest Explorations – Oregon, Washington and Idaho – a Texsom seminar

September 12, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 3348 Views

This seminar was led by Samantha Cole-Johnson and Elaine Heide as part of Texsom. We begin in Oregon, with a

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Washington State Wines: a masterclass

December 7, 2021December 10, 2021 jamiegoode 5530 Views

These are the wines that I showed yesterday (6 Dec 2021) at a masterclass on Washington Wine for sommeliers, held

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Highlights: De Lille Cellars Chaleur Blanc 2018 Washington State, USA

April 26, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 4398 Views

DeLille Cellars is one of Washington State’s top wineries. I visited back in 2015 (see my report here). Today I

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Profiles Washington State 

Three from Kiona Vineyards, Red Mountain, Washington State

August 27, 2020August 27, 2020 jamiegoode 6155 Views

I enjoyed these three wines from Kiona Vineyards. They’re in the Red Mountain AVA of Washington State, which is well

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Highlights: Reynvaan In The Rocks Syrah 2016 Walla Walla

May 2, 2020 jamiegoode 4862 Views syrah

Reynvaan Family Vineyards In The Rocks Syrah 2016 Walla Walla, Washington State13.5% alcohol. This is so distinctive, and quite beautiful.

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Highlights: Gramercy Cellars John Lewis Syrah 2012 Washington State

April 4, 2020April 4, 2020 jamiegoode 4370 Views syrah

So, tonight I did my first Instagram Live session. It was the first of a new Wine Zones series from

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Washington State wine: Gramercy Cellars, Walla Walla

March 12, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 9518 Views syrah

Greg Harrington has the coveted Master Sommelier (MS) qualification (he got it aged just 26), and in 2005 he started

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Some gems from Washington State

November 14, 2019March 12, 2020 jamiegoode 6503 Views Walla Walla

A chance to taste through a spectrum of wines from this Pacific Northwest region shows that Washington State is an

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Moldova is an important wine country, and increasingly it’s making some really good wines
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Moldova is an important wine country, and increasingly it’s making some really good wines

October 1, 2026 jamiegoode

At a recent event in London I managed to taste through a good range of Moldovan wines. It’s one of

Exploring speciality coffee and its parallels with fine wine: a visit to Fazenda Mió in Brazil to catch the harvest
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A 20 year vertical of Kumeu River’s Hunting Hill Chardonnay
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A 20 year vertical of Kumeu River’s Hunting Hill Chardonnay

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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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