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Highlights: Gérard Bertrand An 1152 Cahors Malbec 2020

October 3, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1780 Views cahors, Malbec

Cahors, in the Southwest of France, is the region of Malbec. It’s a wonderful place making lovely wines, but with

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Visiting Château Lagrézette, Cahors, where aided by Michel Rolland, Alain Dominique Perrin is making some of the best wines of the southwest

December 3, 2021December 3, 2021 jamiegoode 8454 Views cahors

Back in 1979, Alain Dominique Perrin fell in love with a ruined castle, Château Lagrézette. It was a grand fortified

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Highlights: two from RAW Wine – Gut Oggau and La Pièce

November 28, 2021November 28, 2021 jamiegoode 4656 Views Burgenland, cahors, Natural wine

Raw Wine is known for its natural wine fairs, which started off in London back in 2012 but have since

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Visiting Villa Melnik, one of Bulgaria’s leading wineries, in the Struma Valley
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Visiting Villa Melnik, one of Bulgaria’s leading wineries, in the Struma Valley

December 22, 2025December 22, 2025 jamiegoode

Villa Melnik is a family-owned winery in Harsovo, in southwest Bulgaria, in the Struma River Valley of the Thracian Valley.

Kumeu River, New Zealand’s most celebrated Chardonnay producer – comparing 2024 and 2014 vintages
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Kumeu River, New Zealand’s most celebrated Chardonnay producer – comparing 2024 and 2014 vintages

December 21, 2025December 21, 2025 jamiegoode
Anthill Farms Winery: Californian elegance
California Features Latest 

Anthill Farms Winery: Californian elegance

December 20, 2025 jamiegoode
The wine aisles at Lidl are depressing if you care about the wine industry
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The wine aisles at Lidl are depressing if you care about the wine industry

December 20, 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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