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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 4374 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, 2025January 15, 2026 jamiegoode 3524 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, 2025January 15, 2026 jamiegoode 3803 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: Filipa Pato and William Wouters Post Quer..s Baga 2023 Bairrada, Portugal

May 22, 2025January 15, 2026 jamiegoode 1552 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, 2025January 15, 2026 jamiegoode 958 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, 2025January 15, 2026 jamiegoode 1762 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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Portugal 

Photos of Lisbon (1) colour

May 17, 2025January 15, 2026 jamiegoode 1091 Views

Pictures taken on a morning walk around the city, where I stopped off at Garrafeira Nacional and bought a couple

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The wines of Quinta dos Currais, Beira Interior, Portugal

April 5, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode 2226 Views

The Beira Interior is a lesser-known but really interesting wine region nestled on the eastern side of Portugal, just below

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The remarkable wines of Barbeito, the leading producer from Madeira

January 24, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 4551 Views Madeira

Ricardo Freitas is a third generation Madeira producer, and his family firm Barbeito is widely regarded as the top producer

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Chinado: natural wines from Portugal’s Lisboa wine region

January 9, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2706 Views Lisboa, Natural wine

Website: https://www.vinhochinado.com/ Chinado are based in Alcobaça, the home of the famous monastery, in the Lisboa wine region, where they

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Glenelly is making some increasingly impressive wines from its vineyard on the Simonsberg, Stellenbosch

March 17, 2026March 17, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://glenellyestate.com/ Glenelly is Stellenbosch with a French accent. Back in 2004 former Château Pichon-Longueville-Lalande owner May de Lencquesaing purchased

With the Portocol Protocol at ProWein, tasting 13 member’s wines
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With the Portocol Protocol at ProWein, tasting 13 member’s wines

March 17, 2026 jamiegoode
Quinta da Pellada/Quinta de Saes: the Castros are doing something special in Portugal’s Dão region
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Quinta da Pellada/Quinta de Saes: the Castros are doing something special in Portugal’s Dão region

March 16, 2026March 16, 2026 jamiegoode
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Woodfine: radically natural wines and ciders from a farm on the edge of the Chilterns who have measured the impact of their regenerative approach

March 16, 2026 jamiegoode

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