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IDDA, Gaja’s new Etna winery, where they will focus their considerable efforts on making white wines from Carricante

September 28, 2021December 19, 2021 Lisse Garnett 14631 Views etna, Sicily

Lisse Garnett met with Gaia Gaja to find out more ‘Elegant wines that are difficult to understand’ drew Angelo Gaja

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Features Japan TOP STORIES 

From Champagne to sake, Richard Geoffroy starts a new chapter with IWA sake

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 jamiegoode 11578 Views sake

Website: https://iwa-sake.jp/ Richard Geoffroy was for a long time the face of Dom Pérignon. But after being associated with this

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The Pig, South Downs: previewing the latest addition to these wine-focused restaurants with rooms, who are championing English wine

September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 jamiegoode 7826 Views Restaurants

Website: https://www.thepighotel.com/our-pigs/ The Pig South Downs – the eighth Pig – opens in a week, and I attended the preview

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Features Italy TOP STORIES 

Visiting Gaja, one of Piedmont’s top producers, and seeing the new Alta Langa vineyards

August 5, 2021August 7, 2021 jamiegoode 22417 Views barbaresco, Nebbiolo

Barbaresco is a small town, and it is pretty much dominated by one producer, Gaja, who put this Piedmont appellation

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Liking plus coolness – what makes a wine great

July 11, 2021July 11, 2021 jamiegoode 5987 Views

Why are some wines so hotly sought after? Which bottles do you go ‘wow’ at, when someone pulls them out

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Features France TOP STORIES 

A remarkable Mondeuse from the hero of this Savoie variety

July 10, 2021 jamiegoode 9609 Views mondeuse, Savoie

Michel Grisard Domaine Prieuré Saint Christophe M……14  Vin de FranceMichel Grisard worked on his family farm until 1982, when he

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Features Italy TOP STORIES 

Chianti Classico: 46 top wines tasted and rated

June 12, 2021January 11, 2024 jamiegoode 13696 Views chianti

Held in May 2021 in London (one of six global Chianti Classico events, including Chicago, New York, Monaco, Firenze and

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My new book! The third edition of Wine Science, launched next week

May 28, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 9616 Views

Next week, the third edition of Wine Science is published by Mitchell Beazley. [In the USA, it’s exactly the same

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Spain TOP STORIES 

Visiting Pintia: Vega Sicilia’s winery in Toro, Spain

May 17, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 9475 Views

In the mid 1990s the Álvarez family, owners of the famous Vega Sicilia winery in Spain’s Ribera del Duero, were

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Highlights Portugal TOP STORIES 

Highlights: Howard’s Folly Casa Manuel Boullosa Carcavelos 1991 Lisboa, Portugal

May 13, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 7414 Views

Boutique Alentejo producer Howard’s Folly have just released this Carcavelos, a rare fortified wine from the Lisboa area in Portugal.

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Six Portuguese wines that flourished in the 2025 edition of the International Wine Challenge
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Six Portuguese wines that flourished in the 2025 edition of the International Wine Challenge

March 19, 2026March 19, 2026 jamiegoode

These are some of the Portuguese wines that did well in the 2025 edition of the International Wine Challenge, which

Screwcap damage: how much of a problem is it? For this Henschke Johann’s Garden 2023, not so much
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Screwcap damage: how much of a problem is it? For this Henschke Johann’s Garden 2023, not so much

March 18, 2026March 18, 2026 jamiegoode
Some amazing Spanish wines from Rioja and Sherry: tasting some of the winners from the International Wine Challenge
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Some amazing Spanish wines from Rioja and Sherry: tasting some of the winners from the International Wine Challenge

March 18, 2026March 18, 2026 jamiegoode
Some old vine images: a few of my photographs of the crusty old sea dogs of the wine world
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Some old vine images: a few of my photographs of the crusty old sea dogs of the wine world

March 18, 2026March 18, 2026 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.

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