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Ventoux

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Ventoux, the rising star of the Rhône Valley – tasting 24 examples

March 31, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 4209 Views Ventoux

This article is based on a masterclass with Alistair Cooper at The Decouvertes Vins Rhône festival in Avignon, March 2025,

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Rhone discovery (6) a big tasting of Ventoux wines

April 14, 2024June 18, 2024 jamiegoode 12294 Views Ventoux

The Ventoux appellation in the southern Rhône is seriously underrated. I spent a few days there and came away enthused

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Rhône discovery (4) Château Pesquié, one of the leading lights in Ventoux

April 7, 2024June 18, 2024 jamiegoode 3664 Views Ventoux

Website: https://chateaupesquie.com/en/welcome/ The Chaudière family farm 100 hectares of vines in Ventoux. They are based in the village of Mormoiron

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Rhône discovery (3) Domaine Souleyrol, Ventoux

April 5, 2024June 18, 2024 jamiegoode 3074 Views Ventoux

Website: https://domaine-souleyrol.com/ Souleyrol is a beautiful property in Ventoux. It’s a mixed farm with cherries, olives, apricots, table grapes and

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Rhone discovery (2) Domaine Aymard, Ventoux

April 2, 2024June 18, 2024 jamiegoode 4269 Views Ventoux

Website: http://domaineaymard.fr/ When it began bottling its own wine in 1979, Domaine Aymard was one of the first private cellars

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Rhône discovery (1) Les Chancel, Ventoux

March 23, 2024June 18, 2024 jamiegoode 4860 Views Ventoux

Website: https://www.leschancel.com/ Pierre Chancel was working for Sanofi, a drug company, in his previous life. At one point he was

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Mclaren vale by Fabiano wines
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Tenuta Minchella’s ‘By Fabiano’ wines: Italian-inspiration hits the McLaren Vale, Australia

July 24, 2026July 24, 2026 jamiegoode

On a quick visit to South Australia’s McLaren Vale region, I popped in to taste with Fabiano Minchella, who has

A vertical of Vega Sicilia: taking a deep dive into Spain’s most celebrated wine producer
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A vertical of Vega Sicilia: taking a deep dive into Spain’s most celebrated wine producer

July 24, 2026July 24, 2026 jamiegoode
te kano, central otago
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Visiting Te Kano, an important producer with vineyards in Central Otago and Waitaki

July 23, 2026July 24, 2026 jamiegoode
Champagne Esterlin, an over-performing coop making superb wines
Champagne Features Latest 

Champagne Esterlin, an over-performing coop making superb wines

July 23, 2026July 23, 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.

Since then it has grown, and Jamie is now a full-time wine writer, lecturer, wine judge and book author.

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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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