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Highlights: Alvear Tres Miradas Paraje de Riofrio Alto 3er Año 2019

June 21, 2024March 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2283 Views

Website: https://www.alvear.es/en/ This is an unfortified white from Alvear, one of the top producers in Montilla-Moriles in the south of

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Highlights: Barbadillo Manzanilla Solear NV Spain

June 7, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 3449 Views manzanilla

Is there a better value wine than biologically aged Fino Sherry and Manzanilla? This Solear from Barbadillo is available on

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Tio Pepe Fino En Rama (2024 release)

May 20, 2024July 20, 2024 jamiegoode 3659 Views Jerez, sherry

The new release of the Tio Pepe Fino En Rama is out! And it’s a really good one. This Gonzalez

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Features Spain 

The remarkable wines of Álvaro Palacios: Rioja, Bierzo and Priorat

May 13, 2024July 20, 2024 jamiegoode 5270 Views Bierzo, Priorat, Rioja

Álvaro Palacios was in town with his daughter Lola, showing off his impressive portolio, which includes Palacios Remondo (Alfaro, Rioja),

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Features Spain 

Visiting Hidalgo La Gitana, one of the Sherry region’s leading producers

April 27, 2024October 17, 2024 jamiegoode 7816 Views Jerez, sherry

I arrived at Hidalgo La Gitana just as they were about to begin harvesting the 2022 vintage, and it was

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Hidalgo La Gitana Manzanilla en Rama (2024)

April 25, 2024July 20, 2024 jamiegoode 3464 Views sherry

It’s been exciting to see the rise of Fino and Manzanilla en rama, a story explained in more detail here.

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Features Spain 

Alegre Valagñón, a new wave Rioja star

April 21, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 2572 Views Rioja

Website: https://alegrevalganon.com/ Very impressed by these wines from Alegre Valagñón. Husband and wife team Oscar Alegre and Eva Valagñón started

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Features Spain 

The remarkable wines of Bodega Cerrón, Jumilla, Spain

April 19, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 5228 Views Jumilla, Mourvedre

Website: http://vinacerron.com/ Jumilla is a wine region in the southeast of Spain, in the province of Murcia. It’s hot here,

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Features Spain 

Sandra Bravo is making some of Rioja’s most interesting wines at her project Sierra de Toloño

March 12, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 3816 Views Rioja

Website: https://www.sierradetolono.com/en/ Sandra Bravo is making some of Rioja’s most interesting wines, with a focus firmly on the vineyard. She

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Álvar de Dios: making exceptional wines in Arribes, Toro and Zamora, Spain

February 13, 2024 jamiegoode 2658 Views Arribes, Toro

Website: https://alvardedios.com/en/ Álvar de Dios works in Zamora, near the border with Portugal, in three different villages, including the southern

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Clos d’Entre des Murs: a remarkable walled vineyard in the Loire, full of walls inside!
Features Latest Loire 

Clos d’Entre des Murs: a remarkable walled vineyard in the Loire, full of walls inside!

July 9, 2025 jamiegoode

In Saumur there is a very distinctive vineyard, called Clos d’Entre des Murs. I’ve come across walled vineyards before, but

Modest success is the enemy of true success
Features Latest 

Modest success is the enemy of true success

July 8, 2025July 8, 2025 jamiegoode
A night out in Angers: Cercle Rouge and Barco Vino
Features Food and wine Latest Loire 

A night out in Angers: Cercle Rouge and Barco Vino

July 6, 2025 jamiegoode
Vite Maritata: growing vines on trees, and tasting the Lèmme Lèmme from Buondomo
Features Italy Latest Wine Science 

Vite Maritata: growing vines on trees, and tasting the Lèmme Lèmme from Buondomo

July 4, 2025July 5, 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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