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Highlights: Parés Baltà Blanca Cusine Cava Gran Reserva 2012

October 3, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 920 Views cava, Sparkling wine

I’m a big fan of the Cavas from Parés Baltà who I visited last year (my report is here). Tried

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Features Latest Spain 

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

November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 jamiegoode 2651 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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Features Latest Regions Spain 

Cava discovery (10) Juvé y Camps

November 8, 2023November 9, 2023 jamiegoode 2517 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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Features Latest Spain 

Cava discovery (9) Augustí Torelló Mata

September 21, 2023November 9, 2023 jamiegoode 2208 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 2741 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 3025 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 

Cava discovery (6) Muscàndia

August 4, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 4048 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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Features Spain 

Cava discovery (4) Vilarnau

July 17, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 4164 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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Features Regions Spain 

Cava discovery (1) an overview and a large blind tasting

June 16, 2023November 9, 2023 jamiegoode 3899 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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Features Spain TOP STORIES 

Cava discovery (3) Can Sala by Família Ferrer

June 12, 2023November 9, 2023 jamiegoode 3011 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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Five from important Tuscan producer Frescobaldi
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Five from important Tuscan producer Frescobaldi

May 21, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.frescobaldi.com/en/ Frescobaldi is a noted Tuscan producer with nine wineries in the province, making a wide range of wines.

Tasting top South African Chardonnay
Features Latest South Africa TOP STORIES 

South African Chardonnay: how does it stack up internationally? A tasting with the South African Chardonnay Association in London

May 20, 2025May 20, 2025 jamiegoode
Around Portugal in seven fine wines: a seminar at Vinho da Casa in Lisbon
Features Latest Portugal 

Around Portugal in seven fine wines: a seminar at Vinho da Casa in Lisbon

May 18, 2025May 18, 2025 jamiegoode
In Niagara: Catching up with Thomas Bachelder
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In Niagara: Catching up with Thomas Bachelder

May 15, 2025May 16, 2025 Treve Ring

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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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