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Highlights: Louis M Martini Monte Rosso Vineyard Gnarly Vine Zinfandel 2018 Sonoma, California

May 16, 2025 jamiegoode 1153 Views Sonoma, Zinfandel

Website: https://www.louismartini.com/ Louis Martini established the winery named after him in 1933, just after the repeal of prohibition. He’d established L.M.

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California exploration: Kutch, visiting their new home and tasting the 2023 new releases

February 27, 2025March 16, 2025 jamiegoode 3060 Views Sonoma

I’ve written extensively about the wines of Jamie Kutch before, so it was great to be able to visit him

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In the Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (10) Kanzler Vineyards

October 31, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 1981 Views Russian River Valley, Sonoma

Website: https://kanzlervineyards.com/ Kanzler is a relatively new boutique winery in the Sebastopol Hills of the Russian River Valley, run by

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In Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (9) Joseph Swan with Rod Berglund

October 23, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 2467 Views Russian River Valley, Sonoma

Website: https://www.swanwinery.com/ Rod Berglund is one of the most respected winemakers in the Russian River Valley, and for the last

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Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (8) Iron Horse

October 21, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 2172 Views Russian River Valley, Sonoma, Sparkling wine

Website: https://www.ironhorsevineyards.com/ Joy Sterling is making some of the USA’s best sparkling wines at Iron Horse, a winery founded by

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Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (8) De Loach Vineyards

October 12, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 2485 Views Sonoma

Website: https://deloachvineyards.com/ Originally started in 1975 by Cecil De Loach, De Loach was one of the first post-prohibition wineries in

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Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (7) Martinelli

October 10, 2024November 4, 2024 jamiegoode 2464 Views pinot noir, Sonoma, Zinfandel

Website: https://martinelliwinery.com/ Martinelli is one of the classic traditional wineries of the Russian River Valley. I visited with Julianna Martinelli,

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Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (6) Benovia

September 10, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2632 Views Chardonnay, pinot noir, Russian River Valley, Sonoma

Website: https://benoviawinery.com/ Benovia is a really impressive Russian River Valley winery that began in 2005. It’s a partnership between Joe

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Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (4) Ramey

August 9, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 2630 Views Russian River Valley, Sonoma

Website: https://www.rameywine.com/ Ramey is one of the star wineries in Sonoma. David Ramey has become well known for his expertise

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Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (1): exploring the neighbourhoods through the lens of Pinot Noir

July 20, 2024November 4, 2024 jamiegoode 8578 Views pinot noir, Russian River Valley, Sonoma

Back in 2003 the Russian River Pinot Forum was first established. The goal was to educate wine buyers about what

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Failla Wines: beautiful site-specific wines from some of northern California’s best vineyards
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Failla Wines: beautiful site-specific wines from some of northern California’s best vineyards

December 29, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.faillawines.com/ Ehren Jordan is the winemaker and owner at Failla, and he’s quite a dude. He got his first

Exploring the Roussillon (4) Domaine Pertuisane
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Exploring the Roussillon (4) Domaine Pertuisane

December 28, 2025December 28, 2025 jamiegoode
Camillo Donati, natural sparkling wines from Emilia Romagna
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Camillo Donati, natural sparkling wines from Emilia Romagna

December 26, 2025December 26, 2025 jamiegoode
Exploring the Roussillon (3) Bila-Haut
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Exploring the Roussillon (3) Bila-Haut

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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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