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Carlos Raposo, World Wild Wines: in search of precision from Dão, Portugal

October 19, 2025 jamiegoode 962 Views

Website: https://worldwildwines.com/en/ Carlos Raposo made wines for Niepoort (2011-2018) and others, before setting out on his own. He’s based in

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Highlight : Testalonga Bandits Kloof Daisy’s Pond 2021, Swartland, South Africa

October 16, 2025October 16, 2025 Treve Ring 947 Views swartland

One of the stars of South Africa’s New Wave wine renaissance, Testalonga is Craig and Carla Hawkins’ personal project, dedicated

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Concerto, the re-born super Tuscan wine from Fonterutoli

October 15, 2025October 15, 2025 jamiegoode 898 Views Sangiovese, Tuscany

Website: https://uk.mazzei.it/ The Mazzei family are a Tuscan powerhouse. They have significant vineyards in Chianti Classico, and as well as

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Espera: brilliant natural-leaning wines from Lisboa, Portugal

October 15, 2025 jamiegoode 1962 Views Natural wine

Website: https://www.esperawines.pt/en-gb Espera is a natural wine producer based in Alcobaça, in the Lisboa wine region of Portugal. Soils here

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La Tour Melas, a Greek first growth: tasting the wines over lunch at Gaia, Mayfair

October 15, 2025October 15, 2025 jamiegoode 1267 Views Restaurants

Website: https://www.latourmelas.com/ A winery that stemmed from a bet. Some time ago, Kyros Melas, a stockbroker, made a bet with

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Highlights: Domaine des Rouges-Queues Bourgogne Aligoté En Vauvetout 2023

October 15, 2025 jamiegoode 706 Views Aligote

This is from a small domaine in Maranges established by Isabelle and Jean-Yves Vantey in 1998. They switched to farming

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Highlights: Soca Rel Ecursac 2022 Mallorca, Spain

October 12, 2025October 12, 2025 jamiegoode 818 Views Mallorca

Soca Rel Ecursac 2022 Mallorca, SpainThis is a small cellar set up by Pep Rodriguez, who in 2008 rented some

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Highlights: Kolonia 52 Bleu de Hongrie 2023 Balaton, Hungary

October 12, 2025October 13, 2025 jamiegoode 816 Views Blaufrankisch

This is a really interesting Hungarian red, made from Kekfrankos, aka Blaufränkisch. The name translates as Hungarian Blue (it’s French)

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The wines of Júlio Bastos/Dona Maria, from Portugal’s Alentejo

October 12, 2025October 13, 2025 jamiegoode 9016 Views Alentejo

Júlio Bastos is one of the leading winemakers in Portugal’s Alentejo region, and his family property, located near Estremoz, is

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Leading English sparkling wine producer Nyetimber are almost through with their vintage, and it’s one of the earliest and best ever

October 10, 2025 jamiegoode 1605 Views Sparkling wine

Back in 1988, American couple Stuart and Sandy Moss changed the face of English wine forever. Back at this time

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Mabillard-Fuchs: beautiful wines from the Valais, Switzerland
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Mabillard-Fuchs: beautiful wines from the Valais, Switzerland

January 11, 2026January 11, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://mabillard-fuchs.ch/ With 3.5 hectares of vines in the village of Venthône in Switzerland’s Valais, Mabillard-Fuchs is making some really

The big bottle party at the Cool Climate Wine Summit: a selection of interesting wines from Poland, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Austria
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The big bottle party at the Cool Climate Wine Summit: a selection of interesting wines from Poland, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Austria

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Some travel tips from someone who travels too much
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Some travel tips from someone who travels too much

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Domínio Do Açor, an exciting new producer from Dão, Portugal
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Domínio Do Açor, an exciting new producer from Dão, Portugal

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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.

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