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Pêra-Manca vertical tasting: tasting multiple vintages of this cult Alentejo (Portugal) wine, plus others from the Cartuxa portfolio

May 10, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 9231 Views Alentejo

Pêra-Manca is the name for the ‘cult’ red and white wines made by large Alentejo producer Adega Cartuxa, which since

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Exploring Bairrada, Portugal, on the Baga trail (1) Vadio

May 7, 2023May 7, 2023 jamiegoode 5398 Views

Luís Patrão was for a long time the wine maker at large Alentejo winery Esporão, a job he stayed in

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Porto from the water, with some interesting wines

February 28, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 3481 Views

On the Sunday of Simplesmente Vinho in Porto, a few of us had lunch on the river on a gorgeous

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Features Food and wine Portugal 

The Simplesmente Vinho Jantar Pop-Up: a great evening of Portuguese food and wine

February 25, 2023November 14, 2025 jamiegoode 3291 Views Restaurants

Each year at the fabulous Simplesmente Vinho festival there is a pop-up dinner, with top chefs creating interesting, authentic food

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Highlights: Adega do Vulcão Ameixâmbar Arinto de Açores 2018 Portugal

January 12, 2023 jamiegoode 2557 Views Açores

Adega do Vulcão Ameixâmbar Arinto de Açores 2018 Portugal13% alcohol. This is the special Azores variety named Arinto that’s different

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Herdade do Rocim and friends: the wines of Pedro Ribeiro

January 5, 2023November 14, 2025 jamiegoode 8012 Views Alentejo, Dao, Douro

Website: https://rocim.pt/en/ With the wines of Herdade do Rocim and his own project Bojador, as well as a string of

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The Lisboa wine region, Portugal: a mini-study with six wines

December 30, 2022December 31, 2022 jamiegoode 5392 Views Lisboa

There are not many wine regions that change their name, and make a success of it. But one Portuguese wine

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Poças: a Portuguese Port house now making some exceptional Douro table wines

December 7, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 4390 Views Douro

Website: https://pocas.pt/en/# One Douro estate that has been taking my eye of late is Poças. They are a family owned

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Highlights: four Ports to consider for the festive season

November 21, 2022 jamiegoode 4543 Views Douro, Port

I love Port, and I kind of wish (for the sake of the Port producers) that it wasn’t such a

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The wines of Cartuxa, an important producer in Portugal’s Alentejo

October 12, 2022October 13, 2025 jamiegoode 5716 Views Alentejo

Website: Cartuxa One of the famous old table wines of Portugal is Pera Manca, which is made by the Cartuxa

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

December 22, 2025December 22, 2025 jamiegoode

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