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Highlights: Bodegas Cota 45 Agostado Cortado 2016 Spain

August 14, 2021October 1, 2021 jamiegoode 4870 Views palomino, sherry

Ramiro Ibáñez of Bodega Cota 45 in Sanlucar is making some special wines from the privileged terroirs in the region.

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Report: Top wines from Ribera del Duero, Spain

August 11, 2021August 11, 2021 jamiegoode 31023 Views Ribera del Duero

An overview of this important Spanish wine region, with notes on 40 top wines tasted Ribera del Duero is one

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Highlights: Dominio del Águila Reserva 2016 Ribera del Duero, Spain

August 9, 2021October 1, 2021 jamiegoode 6595 Views Ribera del Duero

Dominio del Águila is a winery based in La Aguilera, Riberal del Duero. It’s run by Jorge Monzón and Isabel

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The wines of Bodegas Piqueras, Almansa, Spain

July 26, 2021 jamiegoode 9004 Views almansa

In Spain’s Castilla-La Mancha region there’s a small DO called Almansa. And one of the striking this about this is

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Highlights: Bodegas y Viñedos Ponce Clos Lojen Bobal 2020 Manchuela, Spain

July 16, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 6848 Views

Juan Antonio Ponce gained experience working for Telmo Rodríguez before setting up his own project at the young age of

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Blending Sal da Terra 2020

July 7, 2021October 1, 2021 jamiegoode 5058 Views Albarino

So it’s time to blend the 2020 vintage of Sal da Terra Albariño, made by Eulogio Pomares from two vineyard

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Bodegas Tradicion: visiting one of the best Sherry producers of all

July 5, 2021July 6, 2021 jamiegoode 7566 Views sherry

Website: Bodegas Tradicion There are a number of threads to the story of sherry today. We have big sherry: the

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Bodegas Arautava, Tenerife: wines marked by Spanish and Portuguese invaders, volcanic eruptions and a vine training system more crazy than Colares

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 Lisse Garnett 9335 Views

Volcanic soils, the idiosyncratic cordón trenzado system and the mighty Atlantic make for a maverick terroir on the Island of

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Montebaco: one of the most exciting producers in Ribera del Duero

June 7, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 8250 Views Ribera del Duero

Website: https://clubdevinos.tienda/ Montebaco is located between two of the most famous towns in the region: Valbuena de Duero and Pesquera

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The wines of Tantaka: Txakoli with a difference

May 29, 2021 jamiegoode 10472 Views

This is Txakoli – the famous Basque wine – with a difference. Most often an ephemeral, spritzy thirst quencher, here

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Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes
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Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes

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As far as lunches go, this was one of the best I’ve had in recent years, held at the remarkable

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Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026
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Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026

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the central dozen - 12 central otago pinot noirs
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The Central Dozen, an important exercise in telling the contemporary story of Central Otago Pinot Noir through a curated selection of 12 bottles

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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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