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The wines of Tantaka: Txakoli with a difference

May 29, 2021 jamiegoode 9994 Views

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

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Profiles Regions Spain 

Remebering Alejandro Fernández, whose Tinto Pesquera wines helped make the reputation of Spain’s Ribera del Duero region

May 25, 2021May 25, 2021 jamiegoode 12488 Views Ribero del Duero

This weekend, Alejandro Fernandez, the founder of Pesquera, died aged 88. He was an important figure in establishing Ribera del

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Spain TOP STORIES 

Visiting Pintia: Vega Sicilia’s winery in Toro, Spain

May 17, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 9602 Views

In the mid 1990s the Álvarez family, owners of the famous Vega Sicilia winery in Spain’s Ribera del Duero, were

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Bodegas Albamar Fusco Mencia 2018, Ribeira Sacra, Spain

May 5, 2021June 8, 2021 Treve Ring 6315 Views organic

Xurxo Alba’s family has been farming and making Albariño in Rïas Baixas O Salnés region, near the Atlantic Ocean, for

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An Albariño study: four top wines

May 2, 2021May 3, 2021 jamiegoode 6603 Views Albarino, rias baixas

I tried these four excellent examples of Albariño with Ben Llewelyn of Carte Blanche, who is their importer. Saras Albariño

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Cas a Balaguer Salicornio Moscatel 2020 Alicante, Spain

April 22, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 6095 Views Natural wine

Casa Balaguer-Vinessens is the winery responsible for this expressive skin-ferment Moscatel from Alicante in the south of Spain. It formed

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Bodega Lanzaga Corriente 2017 Rioja

March 22, 2021 jamiegoode 6450 Views Rioja

Telmo Rodriguez is well known for his wine brand that covers many of Spain’s top regions. He returned to Rioja

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Features Profiles Spain TOP STORIES 

El Marco de Jerez: the terroir revolution in the Sherry Triangle, with Ramiro Ibáñez of Bodega Cota 45 (UBE, Agostado, Pandorga)

March 9, 2021May 15, 2021 jamiegoode 10501 Views sherry

There is a revolution afoot in the Marco de Jerez (the Sherry Triangle that includes Jerez, El Puerto and Sanlúcar).

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Terroir Sense Fronteres Guix Vermell de Montsant 2019

March 8, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 6349 Views Grenache

Terroir Sense Fronteres is the Montsant operation of fabled Priorat producer Terroir Al Limit (which was started by Dominik Huber

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gonzalez byass las palmas sherries
Features Regions Spain 

Gonzalez Byass: 10 years of the Las Palmas Sherries

February 18, 2021February 18, 2021 jamiegoode 8071 Views sherry

Back in 2011, Gonzalez Byass had a great idea. Winemaker Antonio Flores had been reading an old book about sherry,

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Domaine Milan, making impressive natural wines in Provence
Features France Latest 

Domaine Milan, making impressive natural wines in Provence

April 26, 2026April 26, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://domaine-milan.com/ On Saturday morning I popped into Dynamic Vines in Bermondsey where Natalie Milan was pouring a selection of

Poreira: the excellent Douro wines of Jorge Moriera
Features Latest Portugal 

Poreira: the excellent Douro wines of Jorge Moriera

April 25, 2026 jamiegoode
The hidden cost of buying wine en primeur, and why it now makes little sense
Bordeaux Features Latest 

The hidden cost of buying wine en primeur, and why it now makes little sense

April 22, 2026 jamiegoode
Domaine de Bon Augure, an exciting wine estate in the Languedoc with very interesting soils
Features Languedoc Latest 

Domaine de Bon Augure, an exciting wine estate in the Languedoc with very interesting soils

April 22, 2026April 25, 2026 jamiegoode

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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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