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Video: the traditional talha winemaking at José de Sousa in the Alentejo, wine without electricity made in time-honoured fashion

October 21, 2025 jamiegoode 294 Views Alentejo, Amphora

Yesterday one of the wines I included in my Alentejo tasting at an event in Kew Gardens was the talha

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Alentejo: a study in eight wines, from a region focused on sustainability

October 20, 2025October 20, 2025 jamiegoode 378 Views Alentejo

Website: https://sustentabilidade.vinhosdoalentejo.pt/en/wines-of-alentejo-sustainability-programme The Alentejo is an important wine region in southern Portugal, with 23 000 hectares of vines, spread over

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

October 19, 2025 jamiegoode 396 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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Espera: brilliant natural-leaning wines from Lisboa, Portugal

October 15, 2025 jamiegoode 1026 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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The wines of Júlio Bastos/Dona Maria, from Portugal’s Alentejo

October 12, 2025October 13, 2025 jamiegoode 8403 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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Highlights: Herdade do Rocim Vinha da Micaela 2021 Alentejo Vidiguera, Portugal

September 2, 2025 jamiegoode 1248 Views Alentejo

This is an interesting wine from Rocim. It’s from a single high-altitide vineyard that Rocim purchased from a lady called

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Gallery: the Douro in black and white

September 1, 2025 jamiegoode 1902 Views Douro

Some images from the Douro, captured in black and white. Sometimes restricting creative options helps you to look more carefully.

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Mouchão: lovely wines from this traditional Alentejo winery

August 1, 2025August 1, 2025 jamiegoode 818 Views Alentejo

Website: https://mouchao.pt/en/ One of the most highly regarded Alentejo wineries, Mouchão has always been a bit different to its peers.

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The Douro wines of Sogrape’s Casa de Ferreirinha, including Barca Velha, Portugal’s most famous table wine

July 25, 2025July 25, 2025 jamiegoode 1032 Views Douro

Sogrape is a big company with a wide range of wines, but also has some gems in its range, most

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Wine & Soul: Pintas and Manoella from Portugal’s Douro (updated with new notes, July 2025)

July 24, 2025July 25, 2025 jamiegoode 2431 Views Douro

Website: https://wineandsoul.com/ Jorge Borges and Sandra Tavares have built something special with Wine & Soul. I first bumped into them

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Hungarian wines at Georgie’s Ruin Bar
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Hungarian wines at Georgie’s Ruin Bar

October 24, 2025 jamiegoode

Ruin Bars are a special feature of Budapest nightlife. They started up in the early 2000s as impromptu bars in

Goguette: designer, made-in-France wine fridges for epicureans
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Goguette: designer, made-in-France wine fridges for epicureans

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Goode’s Crib Sheets: No 1. Japanese wineries
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Goode’s Crib Sheets: No 1. Japanese wineries

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Champagne ‘X’ and the complexity of pricing Champagne
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Champagne ‘X’ and the complexity of pricing Champagne

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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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