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Franciacorta

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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 2496 Views Franciacorta, Piemonte, Tuscany, veneto

Back in January 2025 well known Italian chef Giorgio Locatelli closed the doors on his London restaurant Locanda Locatelli rather

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Italy Profiles 

The wines of Villa Crespia, Franciacorta

January 30, 2022January 30, 2022 jamiegoode 7125 Views Franciacorta

I met with Michaela Muratori of Villa Crespia to hear the story of this family-owned winery. It’s a medium-sized operation,

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In Franciacorta: Corteaura

January 16, 2022January 30, 2022 jamiegoode 6482 Views Franciacorta

‘I started this adventure because I loved sparkling wine,’ says Frederico Fossati, as he takes us around his winery, that

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Features Italy Profiles 

In Franciacorta: Cortefusia, an exciting new project

December 12, 2021January 30, 2022 jamiegoode 5000 Views Franciacorta, Sparkling wine

Website: http://www.cortefusia.com/home/ Cortefusia is one of the most exciting projects in Franciacorta. It’s a collaboration between Daniele Gentile (winemaker) and

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In Franciacorta: visiting Ca’ del Bosco

December 5, 2021January 30, 2022 jamiegoode 7672 Views Franciacorta

There is Franciacorta, and then there is Ca’ del Bosco. It’s the most visible of Franciacorta’s producers, if not technically

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Franciacorta: Italy’s star sparkling wine

December 2, 2021December 5, 2021 jamiegoode 12534 Views Franciacorta

Franciacorta is Italy’s leading traditional method sparkling wine, and in its home country it is highly prized. But just 15%

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Features

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (13) Pamplemousse Jus
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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (13) Pamplemousse Jus

August 31, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.pamplemoussejus.ca/ We need more wineries like this! Pamplemousse Jus is a small winery based on a farm in the

Restaurants: Singburi, amazing Thai food in Shoreditch, London, and a short but great wine list
Features Food and wine Latest 

Restaurants: Singburi, amazing Thai food in Shoreditch, London, and a short but great wine list

August 29, 2026August 29, 2026 jamiegoode
Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (12) Haywire and Garnet Valley Ranch
Canada Features Latest 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (12) Haywire and Garnet Valley Ranch

August 27, 2026August 27, 2026 jamiegoode
Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Solvero in Garnet Valley
Canada Features Highlights 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Solvero in Garnet Valley

August 27, 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.

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

This is an explanation of what an anorak is.

Disclosure: unless otherwise clearly marked, the articles on this site are free of conflicts of interest. Any sponsored content will be clearly marked, and potential conflicts of interest will also be disclosed. As is normal in the wine industry, many of the wines tasted here are free samples and some travel is sponsored by others (for example, regional bodies or groups of producers), but in these cases no guarantees of coverage are given.

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