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Hermit Ram: stunning natural wines from North Canterbury

November 9, 2019December 31, 2019 jamiegoode 10135 Views Natural wine, North Canterbury, pinot noir

Since 2012 Theo Coles has been making natural wines from interesting sites in North Canterbury on the South Island of

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Using a microscope to monitor fermentations at Lapierre

October 23, 2019December 29, 2019 jamiegoode 11655 Views Natural wine

Natural winemaking doesn’t mean just letting wine ferments do their own thing. If you want to make good natural wines,

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Exploring the Roussillon (7) Château Lauriga
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Exploring the Roussillon (7) Château Lauriga

January 2, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.lauriga.com/en/ Lauriga is based in Thuir, in the Les Aspres terroir of the Roussillon. It’s an old estate that

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A mini-Champagne study: Ayala, Bollinger, Albert Lebrun, Forget Brimont

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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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