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The wines of Gian Luca Colombo, Piemonte, Italy

April 14, 2025 jamiegoode 677 Views Nebbiolo, Piemonte

Website: https://gianlucacolombovini.it/en/ Gian Luca Colombo is well known as a leading consultant in Piemonte, but he also has his own

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Highlights: GB Burlotto Barolo Monvigliero 2018 Piemonte, Italy

March 20, 2025 jamiegoode 716 Views Piemonte

This is a beautiful Barolo, that I had with some good wine friends at Manteca, off the list. It was

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Highlights: Elvio Cogno Langhe Nebbiolo Montegrilli 2021

June 7, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 2105 Views Piemonte

Elvio Cogno Langhe Nebbiolo Montegrilli 2021 Piemonte, Italy14% alcohol. This is from a vineyard mid-hill in Ravera, in the village

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Highlights: La Spinetta Timorasso 2021, Piemonte, Italy

September 4, 2023March 5, 2024 Treve Ring 3273 Views Piemonte

Timorasso is an ancient indigenous grape variety of Piemonte, worthy and regarded enough to have its own DOC (!). This

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Piemonte adventure (5) visiting GD Vajra, one of Barolo’s top producers

August 8, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 4535 Views Piemonte

Website: https://www.gdvajra.it/en/homepage ‘We are 50 years old, which makes us youngsters in the region, and we had a very humble

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Piemonte adventure (4) in Bra, dining at Battaglino and Osteria del Boccondivino

June 15, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 2968 Views Piemonte, Restaurants

The Piemonte adventure continued during a stay in Bra, with two excellent meals, plus a few other wines tasted. Barbacàn

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Piemonte adventure (3) Barolo, Castiglione Falletto, Alba and Bra

June 5, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 5624 Views Piemonte

A day of travel. From La Morra, to Barolo on a Sunday morning. This may be the village the famous

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Piemonte adventure (2) La Morra: More e Macine, Osteria Veglio and Vineria Sociale

May 29, 2023May 29, 2023 jamiegoode 5415 Views Nebbiolo, Piemonte

Day two began with a drive to Annunciata, just below La Morra, for lunch followed by a walk among the

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Piemonte adventure (1) Neive: La Cantinetta di Barun, and Degusto

May 28, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 4520 Views barbaresco, Piemonte

I’m in Piemonte for a few days. Monday to Wednesday I’m lecturing at the University of Gastronomic Sciences, Pollenzo, for

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Highlights: Sottimano Barbaresco Cottá 2018, Piemonte, Italy

May 9, 2023May 9, 2023 Treve Ring 3541 Views barbaresco, Nebbiolo, Piemonte

Andrea Sottimano and his father Rino produce highly regarded, structural, age worthy wines from their 13 hectares across Barbaresco. This

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Zinfandel: California’s own grape, tasting 59 top examples
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Zinfandel: California’s own grape, tasting 59 top examples

June 18, 2025June 18, 2025 jamiegoode

My first real encounter with Zinfandel was reading an excellent book by US author David Darlington, titled Angels’ Visits, and

The wines of Quinta de Tourais, Douro, Portugal
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The wines of Quinta de Tourais, Douro, Portugal

June 15, 2025 jamiegoode
Visiting Folias de Baco, a Douro winery making compelling natural wines under the Uivo brand (updated June 2025)
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Visiting Folias de Baco, a Douro winery making compelling natural wines under the Uivo brand (updated June 2025)

June 14, 2025June 15, 2025 jamiegoode
Nigel Greening on navigating the tricky waters wine finds itself in, and the problems with ‘fine wine’: where does Felton Road sit?
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Nigel Greening on navigating the tricky waters wine finds itself in, and the problems with ‘fine wine’: where does Felton Road sit?

June 12, 2025June 12, 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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