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Douro

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Gallery: the Douro in black and white

September 1, 2025 jamiegoode 1894 Views Douro

Some images from the Douro, captured in black and white. Sometimes restricting creative options helps you to look more carefully.

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Features Latest Portugal 

The Douro wines of Sogrape’s Casa de Ferreirinha, including Barca Velha, Portugal’s most famous table wine

July 25, 2025July 25, 2025 jamiegoode 1024 Views Douro

Sogrape is a big company with a wide range of wines, but also has some gems in its range, most

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Features Latest Portugal 

Wine & Soul: Pintas and Manoella from Portugal’s Douro (updated with new notes, July 2025)

July 24, 2025July 25, 2025 jamiegoode 2420 Views Douro

Website: https://wineandsoul.com/ Jorge Borges and Sandra Tavares have built something special with Wine & Soul. I first bumped into them

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Features Latest Portugal 

The wines of Quinta de Tourais, Douro, Portugal

June 15, 2025 jamiegoode 1731 Views Douro

Website: https://www.quintadetourais.com/en/index.html Tourias is located in the Baixo Douro, the first part of the Douro you come to when heading

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Visiting Folias de Baco, a Douro winery making compelling natural wines under the Uivo brand (updated June 2025)

June 14, 2025June 15, 2025 jamiegoode 10616 Views Douro

Website: https://www.foliasdebaco.com/ Tiago Sampaio is making some of the Douro’s most interesting natural wines under the Uivo brand. His winery

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Features Latest Portugal 

The wines of Muxagat, from Portugal’s Douro region

June 12, 2025June 12, 2025 jamiegoode 1073 Views Douro

It was back in 2002 that João Nicolau de Almeida and Eduardo Lopes began Muxagat, a terroir project based the

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Features Latest Portugal Regions 

Quinta do Noval deep dive: latest releases and more from this important Douro estate

May 27, 2025May 27, 2025 jamiegoode 2676 Views Douro, Port

Head to the Douro and then make your way to Vale Mendiz in the Pinhão Valley, you’ll find one of

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Features Latest Portugal Regions 

Quinta da Pedra Alta, a new Douro star, with consultant winemaker Matt Gant

January 6, 2025January 7, 2025 jamiegoode 6460 Views Douro

Website: https://www.qpa.pt/ Matt Gant is a winemaker from Western Australia, but previously he was based in the Barossa, where he

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Features Portugal 

Drinking with Douro star Tiago Alves de Sousa: a solera red, a high-end rosé, and a stunning (rare) Vintage Port

December 30, 2024September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 1575 Views Douro

While I was in Vila Real in the Douro, doing some teaching at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alta Douro,

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Features Portugal 

Three Vintage 2022 Ports from Taylor and Fonseca including a new bottling called Sentinels

December 18, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 1321 Views Douro, Port

As a vintage, 2022 was heading for disaster – it was just so dry. Between November 2021 and February 2022

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Champagne ‘X’ and the complexity of pricing Champagne
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Champagne ‘X’ and the complexity of pricing Champagne

October 22, 2025October 23, 2025 jamiegoode

So here’s a story about a famous Champagne house and the pricing of their NV blend. I’m not naming them

Sifnos: a gastronomic journey through the coolest Greek island that you probably haven’t heard of
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Sifnos: a gastronomic journey through the coolest Greek island that you probably haven’t heard of

October 22, 2025October 22, 2025 jamiegoode
Sifnos, the gastronomic Greek island (3): lunch at Omega 3 and Loggia wine bar in Kastro
Features Food and wine Greece Latest Regions 

Sifnos, the gastronomic Greek island (3): lunch at Omega 3 and Loggia wine bar in Kastro

October 22, 2025October 22, 2025 jamiegoode
Sifnos, the gastronomic Greek island (2) Cheronissos, the journey begins, with lunch at Fish Tavern Fyssas
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Sifnos, the gastronomic Greek island (2) Cheronissos, the journey begins, with lunch at Fish Tavern Fyssas

October 22, 2025October 22, 2025 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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