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

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

June 15, 2025 jamiegoode 537 Views Douro

Website: https://www.quintadetourais.com/en/index.html Tourias is located in the Baixo Douro, the first part of the Douro you come to when heading

Website: https://www.foliasdebaco.com/ Tiago Sampaio is making some of the Douro’s most interesting natural wines under the Uivo brand. His winery

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Back in February 2025 I attended the Pinot Noir 2025 conference in Christchurch, New Zealand. As well as some great

It was back in 2002 that João Nicolau de Almeida and Eduardo Lopes began Muxagat, a terroir project based the

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Website: https://www.savagewines.com/ Duncan Savage has established himself as one of South Africa’s top producers, and each year he seems to

June 9, 2025 jamiegoode 398 Views Bairrada

António Maia Ferreira Faria was a celebrated producer of classic, long-lived Bairrada under the Gonçalves Faria label, working with some

Website: https://www.benditodestino.wine/ Terry Kandylis was head sommelier at 67 Pall Mall, and then spent a year working for Caprice Holdings,

François Chasans was a sommelier in France, and he first came to Portugal in 1998. He came for an agricultural

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Website: https://www.thekernelbrewery.com/index.php For a while, I ran a beer blog, with Daniel Primack. It was quite fun, even if it