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Moreish: elegant wines from Dão and Bairrada, Portugal (and one from Spain, too)

May 2, 2026May 2, 2026 jamiegoode 1466 Views

This is the personal project of Luis Lopes, who makes the wines for Dão superstar Dominio de Açor. He began

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Exploring Vinho Verde: Aphros

April 30, 2026April 30, 2026 jamiegoode 1836 Views Vinho Verde

Vasco Croft (above right) is the man behind biodynamic, naturally inclined Aphros, in the Lima subregion of Vinho Verde. He

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Tau! Vinho, an innovative wine project from Portugal’s Vinho Verde

April 29, 2026April 29, 2026 jamiegoode 945 Views Natural wine, Vinho Verde

Website: https://tauthings.com/ Tau! Vinho is an interesting and creative wine project that began in 2021 based in Barcelos, Vinho Verde.

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Herdade do Portocarro, interesting wines from Portugal’s Setúbal Peninsula

April 29, 2026April 29, 2026 jamiegoode 883 Views

Website: https://www.portocarro.com/en/home Portocarro is based in the Terras do Sado region of the Setúbal Peninsula, not far from Lisbon. I

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Exploring Vinho Verde: Quinta de Santiago

April 28, 2026April 28, 2026 jamiegoode 1618 Views Vinho Verde

Website: https://quintadesantiago.pt/en/ Joana Santiago came to work at her family estate in 2009 after 15 years as a lawyer. Previously,

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Portugal’s Vinho Verde, a region transforming itself

April 28, 2026June 10, 2026 jamiegoode 1619 Views Vinho Verde

Branding is important. In wine, it can happen at the level of the producer. But we also have important collective

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Exploring Vinho Verde: Casa de Cello

April 28, 2026April 28, 2026 jamiegoode 781 Views Vinho Verde

Website: www.casadecello.pt Casa de Cello is the company that now owns and farms two estate properties, Quinta de San Joanne

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Poreira: the excellent Douro wines of Jorge Moriera

April 25, 2026 jamiegoode 1295 Views Douro

It was back in 2001 that Jorge Moreira (pictured above) started Poeira, his personal project. He’d been making wines for

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Smart organic wines from A&D Wines, Vinho Verde, Portugal

April 17, 2026 jamiegoode 914 Views Douro

Website: https://andwines.pt/en/ This is a project based in the Baião subregion of Vinho Verde right next to the Douro. It

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Invincible, a new Douro star winery from Marc Kent and Rita Marques

April 14, 2026 jamiegoode 1589 Views Douro

Website: https://invincible.com.pt/ This is the Douro project of Marc Kent and Rita Marques. Marc is well known as the founder

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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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