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Exploring Vinho Verde: Aphros

April 30, 2026April 30, 2026 jamiegoode 2019 Views Vinho Verde

Vasco Croft (above right) is the man behind biodynamic, naturally inclined Aphros, in the Lima subregion of Vinho Verde. He

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Domaines Ott Château Romassan 2024 Bandol

April 29, 2026April 29, 2026 jamiegoode 2429 Views Bandol, Provence, Rose

This is from an 83 hectare estate acquired by the Ott family in 1956. They make a red as well

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Features Latest Portugal 

Tau! Vinho, an innovative wine project from Portugal’s Vinho Verde

April 29, 2026April 29, 2026 jamiegoode 1033 Views Natural wine, Vinho Verde

Website: https://tauthings.com/ Tau! Vinho is an interesting and creative wine project that began in 2021 based in Barcelos, Vinho Verde.

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Features Latest Portugal 

Herdade do Portocarro, interesting wines from Portugal’s Setúbal Peninsula

April 29, 2026April 29, 2026 jamiegoode 952 Views

Website: https://www.portocarro.com/en/home Portocarro is based in the Terras do Sado region of the Setúbal Peninsula, not far from Lisbon. I

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Exploring Vinho Verde: Quinta de Santiago

April 28, 2026April 28, 2026 jamiegoode 1749 Views Vinho Verde

Website: https://quintadesantiago.pt/en/ Joana Santiago came to work at her family estate in 2009 after 15 years as a lawyer. Previously,

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Features Latest Portugal 

Portugal’s Vinho Verde, a region transforming itself

April 28, 2026June 10, 2026 jamiegoode 1747 Views Vinho Verde

Branding is important. In wine, it can happen at the level of the producer. But we also have important collective

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Features Latest Portugal 

Exploring Vinho Verde: Casa de Cello

April 28, 2026April 28, 2026 jamiegoode 851 Views Vinho Verde

Website: www.casadecello.pt Casa de Cello is the company that now owns and farms two estate properties, Quinta de San Joanne

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Features France Latest 

Domaine Milan, making impressive natural wines in Provence

April 26, 2026April 26, 2026 jamiegoode 1729 Views Natural wine, Provence

Website: https://domaine-milan.com/ On Saturday morning I popped into Dynamic Vines in Bermondsey where Natalie Milan was pouring a selection of

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Features Latest Portugal 

Poreira: the excellent Douro wines of Jorge Moriera

April 25, 2026 jamiegoode 1470 Views Douro

It was back in 2001 that Jorge Moreira (pictured above) started Poeira, his personal project. He’d been making wines for

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Bordeaux Features Latest 

The hidden cost of buying wine en primeur, and why it now makes little sense

April 22, 2026 jamiegoode 3405 Views

Buying wine en primeur has two potential benefits. First, if the wine is sought after, you secure your allocation. If

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Loosen Barry: where the Clare Valley meets the Mosel, a Riesling collaboration
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Loosen Barry: where the Clare Valley meets the Mosel, a Riesling collaboration

October 11, 2026October 11, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.jimbarry.com/news/loosenbarry-unique-collaboration-meeting-minds-shared-obsession Loosen Barry is a fun (and quite serious) joint Riesling project, and I did a deep dive into

All Good Things: tasting three examples from this new supermarket-targeted brand
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All Good Things: tasting three examples from this new supermarket-targeted brand

October 9, 2026October 9, 2026 jamiegoode
Canadian Sparkling Wine: a rare tasting crossing the country, with 24 different wines
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Canadian Sparkling Wine: a rare tasting crossing the country, with 24 different wines

October 9, 2026October 9, 2026 jamiegoode
Eight wines under £10 that offer amazing value, from The Wine Society
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Eight wines under £10 that offer amazing value, from The Wine Society

October 8, 2026October 8, 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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