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Highlights:Familia Nin-Ortiz Selma de Nin Finca La Sinia 2016 Vi de Tabula, Spain

December 28, 2020February 17, 2021 jamiegoode 5808 Views

Nin-Ortiz is Ester Nin (viticulturist for Daphne Glorian’s Clos Erasmus) and Carles Ortiz (grape grower), who met and merged there

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A Rueda study: exploring this important Spanish white wine region

December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 jamiegoode 7194 Views Rueda, Verdejo

Rueda is unusual in Spain for being a white wine region. It’s also unusual in that it’s almost, but not

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The remarkable wines of Javi Revert, Valencia, Spain

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 jamiegoode 11295 Views Valencia

Valencia is a region in eastern Spain not known for fine wine production, but there is one winegrower – Javi

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Two from Paco & Lola, an interesting modern Spanish cooperative

December 2, 2020 jamiegoode 8047 Views

Paco & Lola is an interesting producer: old world doing new world (I know these distinctions are outdated now, but

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Highlights: Altolandon Bobal Extreme 2018 Manchuela, Spain

November 15, 2020December 23, 2020 jamiegoode 6786 Views

Bobal! You might be surprised to learn that this is Spain’s second-most planted red grape variety after Tempranillo. It’s found

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Recovering the magic of El Marco: back to the sherry vineyards, and old ways of making wines

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 jamiegoode 7953 Views sherry

Jamie Goode visits Bodegas Luiz Perez, and meets Willy Perez, who is on a mission to recover the great sherries

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Video: visiting Willy Perez, who is on a mission to capture the great Sherry wines of the past

November 11, 2020November 11, 2020 jamiegoode 5975 Views sherry

Jamie Goode visits Willy Perez of Bodega Luis Perez, who’s looking to capture the great Sherry wines of the past.

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Sal da Terra 2019 is released!

November 10, 2020November 10, 2020 jamiegoode 5221 Views Albarino

The Sal da Terra 2019 is now released. This is the second vintage of this Albariño from Rías Baixas in

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Spain Videos 

Video: visiting Peter Sisseck’s sherry bodega

October 30, 2020October 30, 2020 jamiegoode 5613 Views sherry

Peter Sisseck, the maker of Pingus, one of Spain’s most famous red wines, wants to make equally great white. So

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Video: blending the 2019 vintage of Sal da Terra Albariño, a collab wine

October 20, 2020October 20, 2020 jamiegoode 5640 Views

Jamie Goode, Daniel Primack and Ben Henshaw blend the second vintage of Sal da Terra, with winemaker Eulogio Pomares joining

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Exploring the Roussillon (3) Bila-Haut
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Exploring the Roussillon (3) Bila-Haut

December 24, 2025December 24, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.chapoutier.com/fr/boutique/nos-domaines-et-maison/domaine-de-bila-haut-38 Bila-Haut is Chapoutier’s Roussillon project, based in Latour De France. Back in 1998 Michel Chapoutier bought 50 hectares

Exploring the Roussillon (2) Cave Dom Brial
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Exploring the Roussillon (2) Cave Dom Brial

December 24, 2025December 24, 2025 jamiegoode
Exploring the Roussillon (1) an introduction
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Exploring the Roussillon (1) an introduction

December 24, 2025December 24, 2025 jamiegoode
Visiting Villa Melnik, one of Bulgaria’s leading wineries, in the Struma Valley
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Visiting Villa Melnik, one of Bulgaria’s leading wineries, in the Struma Valley

December 22, 2025December 22, 2025 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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