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Cava discovery (6) Muscàndia

August 4, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 5774 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 7241 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 5902 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 4203 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 8519 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 6407 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 5024 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 5695 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 4681 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 5974 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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Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes
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Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes

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As far as lunches go, this was one of the best I’ve had in recent years, held at the remarkable

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Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026
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Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026

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the central dozen - 12 central otago pinot noirs
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The Central Dozen, an important exercise in telling the contemporary story of Central Otago Pinot Noir through a curated selection of 12 bottles

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