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Highlights: Adega do Vulcão Ameixâmbar Arinto de Açores 2018 Portugal

January 12, 2023 jamiegoode 2954 Views Açores

Adega do Vulcão Ameixâmbar Arinto de Açores 2018 Portugal13% alcohol. This is the special Azores variety named Arinto that’s different

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Herdade do Rocim and friends: the wines of Pedro Ribeiro

January 5, 2023November 14, 2025 jamiegoode 8822 Views Alentejo, Dao, Douro

Website: https://rocim.pt/en/ With the wines of Herdade do Rocim and his own project Bojador, as well as a string of

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The Lisboa wine region, Portugal: a mini-study with six wines

December 30, 2022December 31, 2022 jamiegoode 6140 Views Lisboa

There are not many wine regions that change their name, and make a success of it. But one Portuguese wine

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Poças: a Portuguese Port house now making some exceptional Douro table wines

December 7, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 4776 Views Douro

Website: https://pocas.pt/en/# One Douro estate that has been taking my eye of late is Poças. They are a family owned

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Highlights: four Ports to consider for the festive season

November 21, 2022 jamiegoode 5092 Views Douro, Port

I love Port, and I kind of wish (for the sake of the Port producers) that it wasn’t such a

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The wines of Cartuxa, an important producer in Portugal’s Alentejo

October 12, 2022October 13, 2025 jamiegoode 6809 Views Alentejo

Website: Cartuxa One of the famous old table wines of Portugal is Pera Manca, which is made by the Cartuxa

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Exciting wines from five new projects high up in Portugal’s Douro region

September 24, 2022 jamiegoode 6604 Views Douro

The Douro Valley is proving to be an exciting place for small winery projects, and one hotspot is in the

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The wines of Malhadinha Nova, Alentejo, Portugal

September 17, 2022 jamiegoode 4770 Views Alentejo

I’ve followed the wines of Malhadinha Nova over the years, since their promising debut in the early noughties. The vineyards

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The wines of Quinta de La Rosa, Douro, Portugal

August 18, 2022 jamiegoode 5293 Views Douro

Website: https://www.quintadelarosa.com/ Quinta de la Rosa is a beautiful Quinta, a short distance along the river from Pinhão, in the

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The wines of Casa de Darei, Dão, Portugal

August 8, 2022 jamiegoode 5932 Views Dao

Website: http://casadedarei.pt/eng_index.html Back in 1997 José Ruivo bought a 140 hectare farm on the shores of the Dão river at

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Exploring Vinho Verde: Covela, who helped lead the region’s charge to more serious wine styles
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Exploring Vinho Verde: Covela, who helped lead the region’s charge to more serious wine styles

June 5, 2026June 5, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://covela.pt/en/ I’m back at Covela, after a 10 year gap. And it’s nice to meet with Rui Cunha, who

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A quick appraisal of the 2025 vintage in Bordeaux

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Jean Baptiste Hardy, making beautiful wines in Muscadet

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Exploring Vinho Verde: visiting star producer Anselmo Mendes

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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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