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Beaujolais adventures (7) Clos du Mez, Fleurie

January 20, 2024 jamiegoode 4404 Views Gamay

Website: https://www.closdemez.com/ Marie-Élodie Zighera-Confuron (hence MEZ, with Confuron her added-on married name) is on a mission to make great, ageworthy

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Beaujolais adventures (6) Domaine du Grand Pré

September 15, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 6125 Views Gamay

I bump into Romain Zordan of Château de Grand Pre fresh off the tractor, where he’s been spraying the vines.

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Beaujolais adventures (5) Domaine de la Grand’Cour/Famille Dutraive

September 13, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 6969 Views Gamay

Website: http://domainedelagrandcour.fr/ One of the stars of the Beaujolais natural wine scene is Domaine de la Grand’Cour, which is owned

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Highlights: Antoine Sunier Régnié Cuvée Montmerond 2020

August 18, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 4923 Views Gamay

Antoine Sunier is the brother of Julien Sunier, who has been making wines in Beaujolais since 2008. He came to

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Highlights: Jean-Marc Burgaud Morgon Les Charmes 2020

July 11, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 4236 Views Gamay

Big fan of Burgaud’s Beaujolais wines. He’s based in Villie Morgon and makes quite sturdy, ageworthy bottles that also have

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Beaujolais adventures (2) Château de Pougelon, working with agroecology and a beautiful new winery

July 10, 2023July 11, 2023 jamiegoode 6159 Views Agroforestry, Gamay

Website: https://descombe.com/domaines/chateau-de-pougelon Located in Saint-Etienne-des-Ouillières, Château de Pougelon is owned by the Descombe family, and is currently run by Marine

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Beaujolais Features 

A Beaujolais study with some stunning expressions of Gamay

May 22, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 5233 Views Gamay

These are seven great examples of Gamay from Beaujolais that I showed in a masterclass today. I really liked them

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Thomas Bachelder is taking Gamay to the next level in Canada’s Niagara region

February 1, 2022June 29, 2024 jamiegoode 6058 Views Gamay, Niagara

‘Niagara is on a learning curve,’ says Thomas Bachelder about Gamay. Thomas is one of the most respected winemakers in

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Moulin-à-Vent, an ambitious Beaujolais cru

December 11, 2021December 11, 2021 jamiegoode 8806 Views Beaujolais, Gamay

Jamie Goode tastes the 2019 releases from members of the Cap Moulin-à-Vent organization Cap Moulin-à-Vent is the sort of organization

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The wines of David Large, Beaujolais

May 15, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 8410 Views Gamay

Website: https://www.davidlarge.fr/ David Large is a young vigneron based in Montmelas, in the southwest of the Beaujolais region. Here his

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Hacienda el Ternero is making impressive wines from the north of Rioja
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Hacienda el Ternero is making impressive wines from the north of Rioja

July 21, 2026 jamiegoode

Hacienda el Ternero is a little unusual in Rioja in that it’s a single estate, making wine from its own

Authentic Wines, a collaborative natural wine project from Portugal’s Lisboa region making wines under the Favonius label
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Authentic Wines, a collaborative natural wine project from Portugal’s Lisboa region making wines under the Favonius label

July 20, 2026July 20, 2026 jamiegoode
Revisiting the brilliant low-intervention wines of Espera, from Portugal’s Lisboa region
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Revisiting the brilliant low-intervention wines of Espera, from Portugal’s Lisboa region

July 15, 2026July 15, 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.

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