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Canada Features Latest 

In Niagara: Catching up with Thomas Bachelder

May 15, 2025May 16, 2025 Treve Ring 705 Views Chardonnay, Gamay, Niagara, pinot noir

Thomas Bachelder is one of Canada’s beacon winemakers, championing Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and in the last years Gamay, though a

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Australia Features Latest 

Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir: a study in six wines

May 11, 2025May 11, 2025 jamiegoode 625 Views pinot noir

The Mornington Peninsula wine region. This region has established itself as Australia’s most important for Pinot Noir, and it also

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California Features Latest TOP STORIES 

Sashi Moorman presents Domaine de la Côte, one of California’s most exciting wineries

May 6, 2025 jamiegoode 1011 Views pinot noir

Website: https://domainedelacote.com/ Sashi Moorman was in town to talk about the wines of Domaine de la Côte, a Pinot-focused winery

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Australia Features Latest TOP STORIES 

Australian Pinot Noir: a tasting of 25 wines, showing how impressive these wines can be

April 24, 2025April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 1552 Views pinot noir

Back in November I attended the Pinot Massif, which is a get-together for winemakers in Australia who are working with

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Features Germany Latest 

Krone Assmannshausen, Rheingau: some of Germany’s best Spätburgunders

April 19, 2025April 19, 2025 jamiegoode 513 Views pinot noir, Rheingau

Website: www.weingut-krone.de    Weingut Krone Assmannshausen is a small Pinot-only winery made from a 3.7 hectare vineyard that used to

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Highlights: Domaine Bruno Sorg Pinot Noir 2022 Alsace

April 12, 2025 jamiegoode 593 Views pinot noir

Website: https://www.domaine-bruno-sorg.com/ Domaine Bruno Sorg Pinot Noir 2023 Alsace, France12.5% alcohol . Served chilled sitting outside this is just perfect

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Features Latest Loire 

Reds from the Centre Loire: Sancerre, Menetou-Salon, Reuilly, Coteaux du Giennois and Châteaumeillant

January 17, 2025February 1, 2025 jamiegoode 855 Views pinot noir, Sancerre

The Centre Loire is best known for Sauvignon Blanc from Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé, but it also does some very interesting

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Chile Features Latest 

Vinos Baettig: exciting Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from the green south of Chile

December 19, 2024 jamiegoode 1150 Views Chardonnay, pinot noir

Website: https://vinosbaettig.cl/#home Francisco Baettig was in London to show the wines he’s been making under his own label, Baettig. I’d

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Features Latest New Zealand Regions 

Tasting the 2023s from Felton Road, a leading winery from New Zealand’s Central Otago region

December 1, 2024 jamiegoode 2002 Views Central Otago, Chardonnay, pinot noir

Nicola Greening was in town to show off the 2023s from star Central Otago winegrower Felton Road. This was a

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Features Oregon TOP STORIES 

New releases (2022) from Nicolas-Jay, now one of Oregon’s very best wineries

October 17, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 12752 Views Chardonnay, pinot noir

Jamie Goode tastes latest releases from Jay Boberg and Jean-Nicolas Meo of Nicolas-Jay, a winery who has, in a very

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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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