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Highlights: Herdade do Rocim Vinha da Micaela 2021 Alentejo Vidigueira, Portugal

September 2, 2025July 21, 2026 jamiegoode 2092 Views Alentejo

This is an interesting wine from Rocim. It’s from a single high-altitide vineyard that Rocim purchased from a lady called

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Features Portugal 

Mouchão: lovely wines from this traditional Alentejo winery

August 1, 2025July 2, 2026 jamiegoode 2618 Views Alentejo

Website: https://mouchao.pt/en/ One of the most highly regarded Alentejo wineries, Mouchão has always been a bit different to its peers.

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Highlights Portugal 

Highlights: Cartuxa Tinto Colheita 2020 Alentejo, Portugal

November 4, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 2476 Views Alentejo

Website: https://www.cartuxa.pt/en/ I had this wine one evening last week when I was lecturing at the university in Vila Real.

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Honrado: an exciting Alentejo project combining enotourism, traditional gastronomy and talha wine

October 1, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2809 Views Alentejo, Amphora

Website: https://www.honrado.pt/ The south of the Alentejo wine region in Portugal is currently home to an exciting revival of traditional

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Features Portugal 

XXVI Talhas: a remarkable winery in the Alentejo working only with old clay vessels

September 12, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 5001 Views Alentejo, Amphora

Website: https://www.xxvi-talhas.pt/ Ricardo Sanios is the dude behind XXVI Talhas, which is based in Vidigueira (it’s pronounced ‘vin-say-sh tal-yas’ if

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Features Portugal 

Malhadinha Nova head north: noted Alentejo estate makes new wines in Portalegre – Teixinha

June 6, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 3654 Views Alentejo

Malhadinha Nova are a well regarded Alentejo estate, based in the southern end of the region, close to the Algarve.

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Features Portugal 

A revolution at Cortes de Cima in Portugal’s Alentejo

May 20, 2024November 14, 2025 jamiegoode 12045 Views Alentejo

(Updated May 2024 with notes on new release wines) In 2020 Anna Jørgensen took over at Cortes de Cima, a

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Latest Portugal Videos 

Video: reviving the tradition of making wines in amphora in the Alentejo, Portugal

January 18, 2024 jamiegoode 7730 Views Alentejo, Amphora

The south of the Alentejo wine region has a tradition of making wine in large clay amphorae known as talhas.

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Features Portugal 

Pêra-Manca vertical tasting: tasting multiple vintages of this cult Alentejo (Portugal) wine, plus others from the Cartuxa portfolio

May 10, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 12567 Views Alentejo

Pêra-Manca is the name for the ‘cult’ red and white wines made by large Alentejo producer Adega Cartuxa, which since

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Herdade do Rocim and friends: the wines of Pedro Ribeiro

January 5, 2023November 14, 2025 jamiegoode 9098 Views Alentejo, Dao, Douro

Website: https://rocim.pt/en/ With the wines of Herdade do Rocim and his own project Bojador, as well as a string of

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Bachelder revisited: tasting through the 2023s from this important Canadian producer, who is mapping Niagara one vineyard at a time

August 4, 2026 jamiegoode

It was great to take the opportunity to taste once again with Thomas Bachelder, one of Canada’s top winemakers. Geoffrey

Raúl Moreno, making stunning wines from sherry country
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Raúl Moreno, making stunning wines from sherry country

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Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Domaine La Ligière
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Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Domaine La Ligière

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Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Xavier Vignon
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Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Xavier Vignon

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