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Visiting Folias de Baco, a Douro winery making compelling natural wines under the Uivo brand (updated June 2025)

June 14, 2025June 15, 2025 jamiegoode 14728 Views Douro

Website: https://www.foliasdebaco.com/ Tiago Sampaio is making some of the Douro’s most interesting natural wines under the Uivo brand. His winery

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The wines of Muxagat, from Portugal’s Douro region

June 12, 2025January 15, 2026 jamiegoode 2658 Views Douro

It was back in 2002 that João Nicolau de Almeida and Eduardo Lopes began Muxagat, a terroir project based the

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Gonçalves Faria: serious, classic Bairrada wines, now under the Niepoort stable

June 9, 2025January 15, 2026 jamiegoode 2439 Views Bairrada

António Maia Ferreira Faria was a celebrated producer of classic, long-lived Bairrada under the Gonçalves Faria label, working with some

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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 5540 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 4623 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 5477 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 Portugal 

Highlights: Filipa Pato and William Wouters Post Quer..s Baga 2023 Bairrada, Portugal

May 22, 2025January 15, 2026 jamiegoode 2279 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 1473 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 2389 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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Photos of Lisbon (1) colour

May 17, 2025January 15, 2026 jamiegoode 1725 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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Zuccardi: some new releases from this top Argentine producer
Argentina Features Latest 

Zuccardi: some new releases from this top Argentine producer

November 15, 2026November 15, 2026 jamiegoode

Familia Zuccardi make a wide range of wines, from super high-end to more affordable. Here’s a collection of some of

Portuguese mini-study: four red wines from Casa Ferreirinha, Quinta Nova, Douorum and Rocim
Features Latest Portugal 

Portuguese mini-study: four red wines from Casa Ferreirinha, Quinta Nova, Douorum and Rocim

November 13, 2026 jamiegoode
An Austrian wine mini-study with seven interesting bottles
Austria Features Latest 

An Austrian wine mini-study with seven interesting bottles

November 12, 2026November 12, 2026 jamiegoode
Gut Oggau: stunningly original, naturally made wines from Austria’s Burgenland
Austria Features Latest Profiles Uncategorized 

Gut Oggau: stunningly original, naturally made wines from Austria’s Burgenland

November 11, 2026November 11, 2026 jamiegoode

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