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Highlights: Quinta do Noval Petit Verdot 2016, Douro

January 26, 2020January 26, 2020 jamiegoode 5665 Views Douro, Petit Verdot

Why would you plant Petit Verdot in the Douro? It’s a region that already has a host of well adapted

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Porto and Gaia
Portugal Travel Videos 

A walk through Porto and Gaia

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020 jamiegoode 8587 Views

I love visiting Porto. Here’s a short film shot while walking through Porto and neighbouring Vila Nova de Gaia (just

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Portugal TOP STORIES Videos 

Making talha (amphora) wine at Cortes de Cima

December 9, 2019December 9, 2019 jamiegoode 8087 Views Alentejo

For vintage 2019 I spent a few days at Alentejo winery Cortes de Cima, to help make a very interesting

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Portugal Regions 

Made in clay: a talha study

November 16, 2019December 12, 2019 jamiegoode 9260 Views Alentejo

Tasting some wines made in talhas, the Alentejo amphorae that are back in fashion I’m on my way to  the

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Portugal Profiles 

Bojador: authentic wines from the Alentejo

November 16, 2019December 12, 2019 Treve Ring 10940 Views Alentejo, Amphora

Treve Ring reports on the wines of Bojador, Pedro Ribeiro’s project looking to make balanced wines true to the traditions

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

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

Bordeaux 2025 wines en primeur
Bordeaux Features Latest Regions 

A quick appraisal of the 2025 vintage in Bordeaux

June 3, 2026 jamiegoode
Jean Baptiste Hardy, making beautiful wines in Muscadet
Features Latest Loire 

Jean Baptiste Hardy, making beautiful wines in Muscadet

June 3, 2026June 3, 2026 jamiegoode
anselmo and tiago mendes vinho verde
Features Latest Portugal Regions 

Exploring Vinho Verde: visiting star producer Anselmo Mendes

June 2, 2026June 2, 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.

This is an explanation of what an anorak is.

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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