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The wines of Quinta de Tourais, Douro, Portugal

June 15, 2025 jamiegoode 1990 Views Douro

Website: https://www.quintadetourais.com/en/index.html Tourias is located in the Baixo Douro, the first part of the Douro you come to when heading

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Visiting Folias de Baco, a Douro winery making compelling natural wines under the Uivo brand (updated June 2025)

June 14, 2025June 15, 2025 jamiegoode 11195 Views Douro

Website: https://www.foliasdebaco.com/ Tiago Sampaio is making some of the Douro’s most interesting natural wines under the Uivo brand. His winery

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The wines of Muxagat, from Portugal’s Douro region

June 12, 2025June 12, 2025 jamiegoode 1348 Views Douro

It was back in 2002 that João Nicolau de Almeida and Eduardo Lopes began Muxagat, a terroir project based the

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Gonçalves Faria: serious, classic Bairrada wines, now under the Niepoort stable

June 9, 2025 jamiegoode 1246 Views Bairrada

António Maia Ferreira Faria was a celebrated producer of classic, long-lived Bairrada under the Gonçalves Faria label, working with some

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Quinta da Vacariça, a French sommelier making biodynamic wines in Portugal’s Bairrada region (updated with new notes, June 2025)

June 8, 2025June 9, 2025 jamiegoode 3916 Views Baga, Bairrada

François Chasans was a sommelier in France, and he first came to Portugal in 1998. He came for an agricultural

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The new wines from the Marco de Jerez: Sherry and Manzanilla reinvented, by going back to the past

June 6, 2025 jamiegoode 3102 Views manzanilla, palomino, sherry

In 2008 Niepoort collaborated with Equipo Navazos to make a special wine: an unfortified flor-aged table wine. This was to

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Quinta do Noval deep dive: latest releases and more from this important Douro estate

May 27, 2025May 27, 2025 jamiegoode 3106 Views Douro, Port

Head to the Douro and then make your way to Vale Mendiz in the Pinhão Valley, you’ll find one of

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Highlights Latest Portugal 

Highlights: Filipa Pato and William Wouters Post Quer..s Baga 2023 Bairrada, Portugal

May 22, 2025May 22, 2025 jamiegoode 1255 Views Baga

Love this wine, which I bought from a wine shop in Lisbon. The mastery of Baga, maturing it in amphorae

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Photos of Lisbon (2) mono

May 19, 2025May 19, 2025 jamiegoode 780 Views

Another morning wandering around Lisbon, this time taking pictures in black and white. Olympus Pen-F, Leica 15 mm f1.7.

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Around Portugal in seven fine wines: a seminar at Vinho da Casa in Lisbon

May 18, 2025May 18, 2025 jamiegoode 1485 Views

Website: https://vinhodacasa.pt/home-2025-en/ A tour through Portugal in seven wines. This was a masterclass I did at Vinho da Casa in

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Exploring the Roussillon (3) Bila-Haut
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Exploring the Roussillon (3) Bila-Haut

December 24, 2025December 24, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.chapoutier.com/fr/boutique/nos-domaines-et-maison/domaine-de-bila-haut-38 Bila-Haut is Chapoutier’s Roussillon project, based in Latour De France. Back in 1998 Michel Chapoutier bought 50 hectares

Exploring the Roussillon (2) Cave Dom Brial
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Exploring the Roussillon (2) Cave Dom Brial

December 24, 2025December 24, 2025 jamiegoode
Exploring the Roussillon (1) an introduction
Features France Latest Regions 

Exploring the Roussillon (1) an introduction

December 24, 2025December 24, 2025 jamiegoode
Visiting Villa Melnik, one of Bulgaria’s leading wineries, in the Struma Valley
Bulgaria Features Latest Regions 

Visiting Villa Melnik, one of Bulgaria’s leading wineries, in the Struma Valley

December 22, 2025December 22, 2025 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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