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

November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 jamiegoode 3927 Views cava

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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Cava discovery (10) Juvé y Camps

November 8, 2023November 9, 2023 jamiegoode 4596 Views cava, Penedès

Website: https://www.juveycamps.com/en/ Juvé y Camps are one of the leading Cava producers. They aren’t small: they harvest 2000 tons of

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Highlights: Barbadillo Manzanilla Pastora Pasada en Rama NV

November 6, 2023 jamiegoode 3029 Views manzanilla, sherry

Found this hidden in the racks: an en rama Manzanilla bottled in 2021, which would have been intended for consumption

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Suertes del Marqués: tasting all vintages of the remarkable Vidonia cuvée from Tenerife’s Orotava Valley with winemaker Jonatan Garcia

October 3, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 9224 Views Tenerife

Vidonia is the reinvention of a historic wine from Tenerife. Originally, it was a fortified wine from Tenerife made in

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: La Rioja Alta Viña Arana Gran Reserva 2016

October 2, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 4346 Views Rioja

Classic, ageworthy and really good. It’s not bad value, either at around £40. La Rioja Alta Viña Arana Gran Reserva

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Cava discovery (9) Augustí Torelló Mata

September 21, 2023November 9, 2023 jamiegoode 4327 Views cava

Augustí Torelló Mata founded a Cava house that has becomeone of the most distinctive in the region. He’s also written

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Features Spain 

Cava discovery (7) Mastinell

August 24, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 4498 Views cava

Website: https://mastinell.com/en/ I first encountered Mastinell a few years ago when I stayed at the remarkable five-star hotel they have.

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Features Spain 

Cava discovery (8) Bolet

August 19, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 4375 Views cava

Website: https://www.cavasbolet.com/ Josep Anton Bolet is a seventh-generation Penèdes farmer, with 70 hectares of vines across three farms. He started

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Features Regions Spain 

Sherry heaven: the 2023 release of Lustau’s 3 en rama

August 16, 2023August 16, 2023 jamiegoode 6928 Views sherry

Website: Lustau 3 en rama En Rama sherry – bottled straight from the casks, raw and unfiltered, have become a

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Cava discovery (6) Muscàndia

August 4, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 5673 Views cava

Website: http://www.muscandia.com/en This small winery is one of the most impressive of the Cava producers I’ve come across. It’s the

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Bordeaux Claret: the new AOC Bordeaux Claret Controllée is an interesting move, broadening the appeal of Bordeaux reds
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Bordeaux Claret: the new AOC Bordeaux Claret Controllée is an interesting move, broadening the appeal of Bordeaux reds

August 6, 2026August 6, 2026 jamiegoode

Bordeaux has a problem. It’s finding it increasingly hard to sell its cheaper red wines. AOP Bordeaux and Bordeaux Supérieur

Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Domaine Saint Amant
Features Latest Rhone 

Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Domaine Saint Amant

August 4, 2026 jamiegoode
Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: a big tasting of the reds and the Muscats
Features Latest Rhone 

Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: a big tasting of the reds and the Muscats

August 4, 2026August 4, 2026 jamiegoode
Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Rhonea
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Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Rhonea

August 4, 2026August 4, 2026 jamiegoode

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