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Highlights: Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Port 1998 Douro, Portugal

July 17, 2020 jamiegoode 6880 Views Port

Quinta do Vesuvio is one of the great Quintas of the Douro. It’s located in the Douro Superior (the wamer,

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Taboadella, an exciting new winery from Portugal’s Dão region

July 1, 2020July 2, 2020 jamiegoode 9224 Views Dao

The Amorim Group’s main activity is cork, but they are now getting increasingly involved in wine production. For 20 years,

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A quick look at some top 2018 Vintage Ports

June 27, 2020 jamiegoode 10249 Views Port

2018 is the third in a run of good vintages for Port, maybe fourth if you count 2015, too. So

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Highlights Portugal Videos 

Highlights: Rocim NatCool Fresh From Amphora 2019

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 jamiegoode 8669 Views Alentejo

A short tasting video with this wine: Herdade do Rocim NatCool Fresh from Amphora 2019 Alentejo, Portugal12% alcohol. Made in

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Kopke Colheita Ports: a historic tasting going back to 1940

June 17, 2020June 23, 2020 jamiegoode 8779 Views Douro, Port

It’s not often you get to try wines from 1980, 1960 and 1940 in one tasting. Well, that’s what I

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Viúva Gomes: the future of Colares, one of Portugal’s historic wine regions

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 jamiegoode 14771 Views

Colares is one of the historic wine regions in Portugal. It’s one that you learn about in wine textbooks. But

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Highlight : Julia Kemper 2017 Elpenor Blanc de Noir

April 10, 2020April 10, 2020 Treve Ring 5347 Views biodynamic, Dao, granite

The Melo family landed in Dão’s Oliveira–Mangualde hundreds of years ago, and that’s where the vineyards and winery of current

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Made in clay (2): Talha day, a festival of amphora wines

April 8, 2020January 18, 2021 jamiegoode 7085 Views Amphora

Here are the rest of our notes for wines tasted at Amphora Wine Day in the Alentejo in November 2019.

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Highlights: Fita Preta Touriga Vai Nui Unoaked 2019 Alentejo, Portugal

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 jamiegoode 6254 Views Alentejo

This is fab – from winemaker António Maçanita, it’s wild ferment, bottled early, capturing the character of the variety so

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Made in clay (1): Talha Day, a festival of amphora wines

April 2, 2020April 11, 2020 jamiegoode 10841 Views Amphora

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring attend Amphora Wine Day at Herdade do Rocim in the Alentejo, Portugal. In this two

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Arnaldo Rivera, a top tier of wines from the overperforming Terre del Barolo cooperative
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Arnaldo Rivera, a top tier of wines from the overperforming Terre del Barolo cooperative

October 6, 2026October 6, 2026 jamiegoode

Websites: https://terredelbarolo.com/en/  https://arnaldorivera.com/en/ The Terre del Barolo cooperative was founded in 1958 in Castiglione. First vintage was 1959, and today

A tasting of 48 top artisan Champagnes from Berry Bros & Rudd
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A tasting of 48 top artisan Champagnes from Berry Bros & Rudd

October 5, 2026 jamiegoode
Moldova is an important wine country, and increasingly it’s making some really good wines
Features Latest Moldova 

Moldova is an important wine country, and increasingly it’s making some really good wines

October 1, 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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