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Crozes-Hermitage: my pick of 22 of the best wines from this interesting appellation

February 26, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 9519 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

Back in late November I visited Crozes-Hermitage in the Northen Rhône, taking some time to visit many of the producers,

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Crozes-Hermitage (18) a big tasting of whites and reds

February 26, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 3833 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

WHITES In 2023, Crozes-Hermitage was 11% white. Here I tried 18 whites. Vidal-Fleury Crozes-Hermitage Blanc 202213% alcohol. Marsanne with some

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Crozes-Hermitage (14) Domaine des Hauts Châssis

February 25, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2484 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

Next stop was at Domaine des Hauts Châssis, for a visit and tasting with the Raphaël Faugier. His father created

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Crozes-Hermitage (17) Laurent Fayolle

February 21, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2833 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

Laurent Fayolle is one of the stars of Crozes-Hermitage, and his family domaine is base in the north, in the

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Crozes-Hermitage (16) Domaine des Combat

February 21, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2835 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

Sandra Combat is quite a character. She was a brand ambassador for Mouton Cadet in China, where she lived for

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Crozes-Hermitage (15) Domaine Belle

February 21, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2425 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

I met with Valentin Belle (pictured above) of Domaine Belle to taste through some of their wines. This is a

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Crozes-Hermitage (12) Domaine des Lises / Domaine Alain Graillot

February 19, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 5247 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

I’ve been following the wines of Alain Graillot for a long time. They’ve always been benchmark, old school Crozes-Hermitage, wines

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Crozes-Hermitage (11) Domaine Delhome

February 19, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2714 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

I met with Romain Delhome of Domaine Delhome to taste through some wines. Delhome built their winery in 2019. The

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Crozes-Hermitage (10) Domaine Pradelle

February 19, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2175 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

I met with Alexandre Pradelle of Domaine Pradelle to taste through some wines. Alexandre’s father (Jean-Louis) and uncle (Jacques) created

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Crozes-Hermitage (9) Domaine Combier

February 18, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 3040 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

Here we met with the impressive David Combier. This domaine was begun by David’s great grandparents in 1932, but until

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Brent Marris, Emma Marris and The Ned, tasting wines from one of Marlborough’s (NZ) emerging dynasties
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Brent Marris, Emma Marris and The Ned, tasting wines from one of Marlborough’s (NZ) emerging dynasties

May 12, 2026May 12, 2026 jamiegoode

The Marris dynasty are an important part of Marlborough’s past, present, and surely future. John Marris was the land agent

Brunia, an exciting cool-climate wine project from South Africa’s Walker Bay
Features Latest Regions South Africa 

Brunia, an exciting cool-climate wine project from South Africa’s Walker Bay

May 11, 2026May 11, 2026 jamiegoode
Cantina Antonioli are making lovely natural wines in the foothills of the Apennine mountain range in Italy’s Umbria
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Cantina Antonioli are making lovely natural wines in the foothills of the Apennine mountain range in Italy’s Umbria

May 10, 2026May 12, 2026 jamiegoode
La Biancara di Angiolino e Alessandro Maule: meet one of Italy’s most celebrated natural wine producers
Features Italy Latest Regions 

La Biancara di Angiolino e Alessandro Maule: meet one of Italy’s most celebrated natural wine producers

May 9, 2026May 9, 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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