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Cava discovery (7) Mastinell

August 24, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 4295 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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Cava discovery (8) Bolet

August 19, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 4177 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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Sherry heaven: the 2023 release of Lustau’s 3 en rama

August 16, 2023August 16, 2023 jamiegoode 6710 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 5381 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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Cava discovery (5) Codorníu

August 3, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 6722 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, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 5468 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, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 3991 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 7630 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 6055 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 4628 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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United States of Blaufränkisch (2) Slovakia, Slovenia, Czechia, Italy, Poland, Romania, Germany
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United States of Blaufränkisch (2) Slovakia, Slovenia, Czechia, Italy, Poland, Romania, Germany

June 6, 2026June 6, 2026 jamiegoode

The second part of this epic tasting of Blaufränkisch takes me to Slovakia, Slovenia, Czechia, Italy, Poland, Romania, Germany. Some

The Arundel wines from Joaquim Arnaud in Portugal’s Alentejo
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The Arundel wines from Joaquim Arnaud in Portugal’s Alentejo

June 5, 2026June 5, 2026 jamiegoode
Exploring Vinho Verde: Covela, who helped lead the region’s charge to more serious wine styles
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Exploring Vinho Verde: Covela, who helped lead the region’s charge to more serious wine styles

June 5, 2026June 5, 2026 jamiegoode
Bordeaux 2025 wines en primeur
Bordeaux Features Latest Regions 

A quick appraisal of the 2025 vintage in Bordeaux

June 3, 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.

Since then it has grown, and Jamie is now a full-time wine writer, lecturer, wine judge and book author.

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