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Portuguese wines in the UK: Portugal makes gains in independent wine merchants

July 3, 2024August 7, 2024 jamiegoode 6632 Views

June 2024 was a month focusing on Portuguese wines in independent wine merchants. For three few weeks I did a

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Highlights Portugal 

Highlights: Ag.Hora Loureiro Gio Chezade x Soalheiro 2020 Vinho Verde, Portugal

June 13, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 2390 Views

So impressed by this wine! I tried it a while back, then bought a bottle and recently cracked it, and

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Food and wine Portugal 

Restaurants: Nuno Mendes’ exceptional Cozinha das Flores in Porto

June 8, 2024October 17, 2024 jamiegoode 11543 Views Restaurants

Website: https://cozinhadasflores.com/ I went twice in two nights to Cozinha das Flores. It was that good. The first time was

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Malhadinha Nova head north: noted Alentejo estate makes new wines in Portalegre – Teixinha

June 6, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 3539 Views Alentejo

Malhadinha Nova are a well regarded Alentejo estate, based in the southern end of the region, close to the Algarve.

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A revolution at Cortes de Cima in Portugal’s Alentejo

May 20, 2024November 14, 2025 jamiegoode 11621 Views Alentejo

(Updated May 2024 with notes on new release wines) In 2020 Anna Jørgensen took over at Cortes de Cima, a

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Quinta do Poeta, a new Douro winery

April 18, 2024July 20, 2024 jamiegoode 4002 Views Douro

The poet in question is Fausto José dos Santos Júnior (1903-1975), who was born in Aldeia de Cima in the

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Gardunha Sul, an interesting new producer in Portugal’s Beira Interior

April 16, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 4279 Views

André Lourenço spent 15 years making techno wines for other people before he decided to start his own project, making

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Features Portugal 

Arribas Wine Co: exciting low-intervention wines from Trás-os-Montes, Portugal

March 18, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 6261 Views

Website: https://arribaswine.com/ Ricardo Alves and Frederico Machado (pictured above) began the Arribas Wine Company in 2017. They are based in

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Features Portugal 

Revela: an exciting new producer from Portugal’s Dão wine region

March 4, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 4898 Views Dao

Mariana Salvador is a winemaker working with Textura and the Barbetio still wines. Revela is her own project in the

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Highlights: Maçanita Vinhos Letra F Vinho de Mistura 2022, Douro Valley, Portugal

February 27, 2024February 27, 2024 Treve Ring 4232 Views Douro, Old vines

Letra F refers to the last letter in the grade for the categorization system for port grapes in the Douro,

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Exploring Vinho Verde: Covela, who helped lead the region’s charge to more serious wine styles
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Exploring Vinho Verde: Covela, who helped lead the region’s charge to more serious wine styles

June 5, 2026June 5, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://covela.pt/en/ I’m back at Covela, after a 10 year gap. And it’s nice to meet with Rui Cunha, who

Bordeaux 2025 wines en primeur
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A quick appraisal of the 2025 vintage in Bordeaux

June 3, 2026 jamiegoode
Jean Baptiste Hardy, making beautiful wines in Muscadet
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Jean Baptiste Hardy, making beautiful wines in Muscadet

June 3, 2026June 3, 2026 jamiegoode
anselmo and tiago mendes vinho verde
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Exploring Vinho Verde: visiting star producer Anselmo Mendes

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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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