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

April 8, 2020January 18, 2021 jamiegoode 7118 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 6283 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 11007 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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Quinta da Carolina, Douro, Portugal

March 25, 2020 jamiegoode 10337 Views Douro

Jamie Goode reviews the wines of Quinta da Carolina, a small quinta taking a new, more interesting direction Luis Pedro

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Highlights Portugal 

Highlight: Azores Wine Co. Arinto dos Açores 2018

March 20, 2020March 24, 2020 Treve Ring 6003 Views Azores, volcanic

Winemaker António Maçanita may be best known for his FitaPreta wines in Alentejo, though with this venture he looked to

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Quinta da Costa do Pinhão, Douro

March 5, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 14293 Views Douro

Quinta da Costa do Pinhão is a beautiful quinta in the Pinhão Valley of Portugal’s Douro. The first wines from

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Highlights Portugal 

Highlight: Luis Seabra Indie Xisto 2016

March 2, 2020March 9, 2020 Treve Ring 7096 Views Douro, Schist

After a successful decade as winemaker and right hand to Dirk at Niepoort, Luis Seabra decided to break out on

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Simplesmente Vinho 2020

February 24, 2020February 24, 2020 jamiegoode 6890 Views Natural wine

In this short interview, organizer João Roseira talks about Simplesmente Vinho 2020, the wine festival for ‘wines without make-up’, held

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Highlights Portugal 

Highlights: Quinta do Noval Petit Verdot 2016, Douro

January 26, 2020January 26, 2020 jamiegoode 5847 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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Portugal Travel Videos 

A walk through Porto and Gaia

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020 jamiegoode 8868 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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With these twelve wines, Juampi Michellini, Matias Riccitelli, Rafael Urreloja and Derek Mossman Knapp illustrate Argentina and Chile’s precocious ability to express the best in any variety 
Argentina Chile Features Latest 

With these twelve wines, Juampi Michellini, Matias Riccitelli, Rafael Urreloja and Derek Mossman Knapp illustrate Argentina and Chile’s precocious ability to express the best in any variety 

October 26, 2026October 26, 2026 Lisse Garnett

Twelve wines, selected by their maker, four from Zorzal and four from Riccitelli, Undurraga and The Garage Wines Company, were

Three wines from a new producer in Oxfordshire (UK): Yew Tree Vineyard
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Three wines from a new producer in Oxfordshire (UK): Yew Tree Vineyard

October 24, 2026October 24, 2026 jamiegoode
Cantina Terlarno and Produttori del Barbaresco: an amazing dinner with two of the world’s great cooperative wineries, tasting back to the 1960s
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Cantina Terlarno and Produttori del Barbaresco: an amazing dinner with two of the world’s great cooperative wineries, tasting back to the 1960s

October 23, 2026October 23, 2026 jamiegoode
The 2025 wines from Pascal Jolivet in Sancerre
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The 2025 wines from Pascal Jolivet in Sancerre

October 22, 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.

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