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Cava discovery (5) Codorníu

August 3, 2023November 9, 2023 jamiegoode 1210 Views

Wine was first made at Codorníu in 1551, by Jaume Codorníu. The surname Codorníu was lost in 1659 when one

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Cava discovery (4) Vilarnau

July 17, 2023November 9, 2023 jamiegoode 1480 Views cava

Website: https://www.vilarnau.es/en Vilarnau is a medium-sized Cava house owned by González Byass since 1982. In the 1980s they wanted to

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Video: In Rioja, visiting 10 wineries with World’s Best Vineyards

July 16, 2023 jamiegoode 1314 Views Rioja

In July 2023 Jamie Goode joined a trip with World’s Best Vineyards competition to Rioja, visiting 10 leading wineries in

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Cava discovery (1) an overview and a large blind tasting

June 16, 2023November 9, 2023 jamiegoode 1862 Views cava

Cava is changing. In May I visited the region to taste lots of the top examples of Cava, the well-known

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Vinya del Noguer: natural Xarel.lo wines from Pepe Raventós

June 13, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 1076 Views

Pepe Raventós was in town promoting his new natural wines, so naturally I was keen to hear all about them.

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Cava discovery (3) Can Sala by Família Ferrer

June 12, 2023November 9, 2023 jamiegoode 1186 Views cava

This is one of the gems of Cava: an ultratraditional producer making wines of class and poise, based on long

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Cava discovery (2) Parés Baltà

May 30, 2023November 9, 2023 jamiegoode 1190 Views cava, Penedès

Website: https://paresbalta.com/en/ Part one of this exploration of Cava begins with Parés Baltà. They are one of the most exciting

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Hidalgo La Gitana Manzanilla: comparing the regular bottling with the 2023 and 2021 releases of en rama

April 16, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 1192 Views sherry

This wine comes from The El Cuadrado vineyard in Balbaina Alta, which is actually in Jerez, but the wine is

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The wines of Bodegas Frontonio, Aragón, Spain

March 7, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 1790 Views

Website: https://www.bodegasfrontonio.com/en/ Fernando Mora was in town presenting the exciting wines of Bodegas Frontonio. An engineer-turned-winemaker, he and his partner

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Highlights : Borja Pérez Artífice Vidueños 2020, Ycoden Daute Isora, Tenerife, Spain

February 17, 2023April 28, 2023 Treve Ring 1241 Views Canary Islands, Island wine, Tenerife, volcanic

Borja Pérez is an ex-race car driver-turned winemaker based in the northern part of Tenerife. After his previous high octane

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The inaugural Cava Meeting: a serious, focused event looking at this important sparkling wine
Features Latest Spain 

The inaugural Cava Meeting: a serious, focused event looking at this important sparkling wine

November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 jamiegoode

WebsiteL https://www.cava.wine/en/news-articles/a-congress-examining-cavas-excellence-will-bring-together-the-worlds-most-influential-prescribers-in-barcelona/ I’m just back from two days of deep immersion into all things Cava: the inaugural Cava meeting, held

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A remarkable Champagne tasting at The Remedy, London

November 29, 2023November 29, 2023 jamiegoode
Tasting the wines of Gabrielskloof and Crystallum, with Peter-Allan Finlayson
Features Latest South Africa 

Tasting the wines of Gabrielskloof and Crystallum, with Peter-Allan Finlayson

November 24, 2023 jamiegoode
The wines of Kershaw: a champion of single-site and even single-clone wines from Elgin, South Africa
Features Latest South Africa 

The wines of Kershaw: a champion of single-site and even single-clone wines from Elgin, South Africa

November 19, 2023 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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