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Photos of Lisbon (1) colour

May 17, 2025January 15, 2026 jamiegoode 1569 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 2887 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 6365 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 3574 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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Quinta da Pedra Alta, a new Douro star, with consultant winemaker Matt Gant

January 6, 2025January 7, 2025 jamiegoode 8576 Views Douro

Website: https://www.qpa.pt/ Matt Gant is a winemaker from Western Australia, but previously he was based in the Barossa, where he

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Mira do Ó: beautiful terroir-focused wines from Dão, Bairrada and the Alentejo

January 3, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2931 Views Bairrada, Dao

Website: https://miradoovinhos.com/ Nuno Mira do Ó is the dude behind Mira do Ó Vinhos, and he now has three projects.

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Drinking with Douro star Tiago Alves de Sousa: a solera red, a high-end rosé, and a stunning (rare) Vintage Port

December 30, 2024September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2634 Views Douro

While I was in Vila Real in the Douro, doing some teaching at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alta Douro,

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Three Vintage 2022 Ports from Taylor and Fonseca including a new bottling called Sentinels

December 18, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 2362 Views Douro, Port

As a vintage, 2022 was heading for disaster – it was just so dry. Between November 2021 and February 2022

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Highlights: Cartuxa Tinto Colheita 2020 Alentejo, Portugal

November 4, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 2587 Views Alentejo

Website: https://www.cartuxa.pt/en/ I had this wine one evening last week when I was lecturing at the university in Vila Real.

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The wines of Sidónio de Sousa, Bairrada

October 28, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 3735 Views Baga, Bairrada

Bairrada is one of Portugal’s most interesting wine regions, specialising in reds from Baga, but also some really good sparkling

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