Jamie Goode
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Wine journalist, book author, flavour obsessive
The Gimblett Gravels is a distinctive terroir in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, specialising in Syrah and Bordeaux varieties. Each year Andrew Caillard makes a selection of the best. Here is my review of the 2023 wines
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December 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The Gimblett Gravels is a distinctive terroir in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, specialising in Syrah and Bordeaux varieties. Each year Andrew Caillard makes a selection of the best. Here is my review of the 2023 wines
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The future of organic farming? At Staffelter Hof in the Mosel Jan-Matthias Klein has taken a punt on resistant grape varieties and vitiforestry, and it looks like it is going to pay off: true sustainability in viticulture is getting a little closer wineanorak.com/2025/11/28/a... @
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The future of organic farming? At Staffelter Hof in the Mosel Jan-Matthias Klein has taken a punt on resistant grape varieties and vitiforestry, and it looks like it is going to pay off: true sustainability in viticulture is getting a little closer wineanorak.com/2025/11/28/a... @
Bryter Later, a brilliant new-ish low intervention winegrower in North Canterbury, New Zealand
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November 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Bryter Later, a brilliant new-ish low intervention winegrower in North Canterbury, New Zealand
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A very cool initiative www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Westmorland and Furness trials Japanese method to plant trees - BBC News
A council wants to plant one tree per resident over five years, aiming for a total of 250,000.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
A very cool initiative www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is interesting.
"The decision on whether or not to include Voltis in AOP Champagne production specifications will be made after the 2032 harvest""We are learning to get to know it” #voltis #champagne
Champagne harvests its first Voltis grapes
Champagne’s 8.9 hectares of Voltis, the white grape variety resistant to downy and powdery mildew, were harvested for the first time this year.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This is interesting.
Visiting Antiyal, with Alvaro Espinoza, the biodynamic pioneer of Chile wineanorak.com/2025/11/08/v... #biodynamic
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Visiting Antiyal, with Alvaro Espinoza, the biodynamic pioneer of Chile wineanorak.com/2025/11/08/v... #biodynamic
I've spent two days lecturing to MSc students in Vila Real, Portugal. Lots of wine science! It has been a great experience but it's also hard work, standing up and talking/presenting for 5 h a day.
October 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I've spent two days lecturing to MSc students in Vila Real, Portugal. Lots of wine science! It has been a great experience but it's also hard work, standing up and talking/presenting for 5 h a day.
The new release of Cloudy Bay's Sauvignon Blanc, the 2025, is benchmark Marlborough. I'm looking forward to trying more from this vintage.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The new release of Cloudy Bay's Sauvignon Blanc, the 2025, is benchmark Marlborough. I'm looking forward to trying more from this vintage.
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Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership wineanorak.com/2025/10/28/c...
October 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership wineanorak.com/2025/10/28/c...
Football shirts are out of control! They cost c £75, and then if you want the 'authentic' shirt as worn by the players, this is a new tier at £120. If you want printing, it's extra. Bonkers. If I buy, it's when last season's is remaindered
October 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Football shirts are out of control! They cost c £75, and then if you want the 'authentic' shirt as worn by the players, this is a new tier at £120. If you want printing, it's extra. Bonkers. If I buy, it's when last season's is remaindered
Book review: Jane Masters and Andrew Neather, Rooted in change: the stories behind sustainable wine wineanorak.com/2025/10/19/b... @hernehillandy.bsky.social @academieduvinlib.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Book review: Jane Masters and Andrew Neather, Rooted in change: the stories behind sustainable wine wineanorak.com/2025/10/19/b... @hernehillandy.bsky.social @academieduvinlib.bsky.social
Carlos Raposo's World Wide Wines - ex-Niepoort winemaker in search of precision from the Dão region
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October 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Carlos Raposo's World Wide Wines - ex-Niepoort winemaker in search of precision from the Dão region
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Espera - brilliant natural wines from Lisboa, Portugal
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October 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Espera - brilliant natural wines from Lisboa, Portugal
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La Tour Melas, a Greek first growth - tasting the wines over lunch at Gaia, Mayfair wineanorak.com/2025/10/15/l...
October 15, 2025 at 8:07 AM
La Tour Melas, a Greek first growth - tasting the wines over lunch at Gaia, Mayfair wineanorak.com/2025/10/15/l...
Visiting Aya Estate for the launch of their new winery - Bulgarian wine operating at a new level with more to come wineanorak.com/2025/10/07/v...
October 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Visiting Aya Estate for the launch of their new winery - Bulgarian wine operating at a new level with more to come wineanorak.com/2025/10/07/v...
So Bonhams is auctioning off the cellar of Locandi Locatelli, and a few of us got to try some of the gems over lunch wineanorak.com/2025/10/06/b...
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 AM
So Bonhams is auctioning off the cellar of Locandi Locatelli, and a few of us got to try some of the gems over lunch wineanorak.com/2025/10/06/b...
Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California wineanorak.com/2025/10/02/t...
October 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California wineanorak.com/2025/10/02/t...
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Thanks Jamie for a nice review - The Smart Traveller's Wine Guide is now 6 titles: Bordeaux, Rioja, Rhone Valley, Switzerland, Tuscany and Napa Valley - and more to come!
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Book reviews: The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide: Rioja, Bordeaux and the Rhone Valley – wineanorak.com
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October 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Thanks Jamie for a nice review - The Smart Traveller's Wine Guide is now 6 titles: Bordeaux, Rioja, Rhone Valley, Switzerland, Tuscany and Napa Valley - and more to come!
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Tasting some wines from Bolivia, a first for me: Jardin Oculto and Yokich wineanorak.com/2025/09/28/t... @vinosity.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Tasting some wines from Bolivia, a first for me: Jardin Oculto and Yokich wineanorak.com/2025/09/28/t... @vinosity.bsky.social
Weingut Rosi Schuster, with Hannes Schuster, who’s making some of Austria’s best wines from privileged vineyards in Burgenland wineanorak.com/2025/09/22/w...
September 22, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Weingut Rosi Schuster, with Hannes Schuster, who’s making some of Austria’s best wines from privileged vineyards in Burgenland wineanorak.com/2025/09/22/w...
This is brilliantr: Citroen DS meets old Fordham
September 22, 2025 at 5:28 AM
This is brilliantr: Citroen DS meets old Fordham
Tasting amazing Greek wines at @MrVertigoWines Athens wineanorak.com/2025/09/17/t...
September 17, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Tasting amazing Greek wines at @MrVertigoWines Athens wineanorak.com/2025/09/17/t...
The (rightly) most famous of all Hungary's wines, Tokaji is peerless, and has a rich history. I find out more about it at a masterclass in Budapest with two of its top proponents. wineanorak.com/2025/09/14/h...
September 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The (rightly) most famous of all Hungary's wines, Tokaji is peerless, and has a rich history. I find out more about it at a masterclass in Budapest with two of its top proponents. wineanorak.com/2025/09/14/h...
Brilliant Corners, in Dalston (London, UK) combines natural wine, music and Japanese food, and it's unique
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September 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Brilliant Corners, in Dalston (London, UK) combines natural wine, music and Japanese food, and it's unique
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Hungary's red grape varieties, a masterclass with some nice wines wineanorak.com/2025/09/11/h...
September 11, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Hungary's red grape varieties, a masterclass with some nice wines wineanorak.com/2025/09/11/h...