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Highlights: three vintages of the Cedro do Noval Branco

November 9, 2023November 9, 2023 jamiegoode 450 Views Douro

When it comes to table wines, we tend to think of the Douro as a red wine region, but it’s

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Herdade do Rocim and friends: the wines of Pedro Ribeiro

January 5, 2023January 5, 2023 jamiegoode 2867 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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Features Portugal 

Poças: a Portuguese Port house now making some exceptional Douro table wines

December 7, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 1833 Views Douro

Website: https://pocas.pt/en/# One Douro estate that has been taking my eye of late is Poças. They are a family owned

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Highlights: four Ports to consider for the festive season

November 21, 2022 jamiegoode 2063 Views Douro, Port

I love Port, and I kind of wish (for the sake of the Port producers) that it wasn’t such a

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Quinta de Pedra Alta, a relatively new project making some lovely wines in Portugal’s Douro

October 23, 2022November 21, 2022 jamiegoode 1991 Views Douro

Website: https://www.qpa.pt/ Quinta da Pedra Alta is an interesting wine estate located in the Cima Corgo of the Douro, but

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Exciting wines from five new projects high up in Portugal’s Douro region

September 24, 2022 jamiegoode 2991 Views Douro

The Douro Valley is proving to be an exciting place for small winery projects, and one hotspot is in the

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The wines of Quinta de La Rosa, Douro, Portugal

August 18, 2022 jamiegoode 2300 Views Douro

Website: https://www.quintadelarosa.com/ Quinta de la Rosa is a beautiful Quinta, a short distance along the river from Pinhão, in the

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Visiting Folias de Baco, a Douro winery making compelling natural wines under the Uivo brand

July 6, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 3575 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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Visiting Quinta do Infantado: a leading producer of Port and table wines from Portugal’s Douro

July 3, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 2391 Views Douro

Website: https://quintadoinfantado.com/en/ I first visited Quinta do Infantado 20 years ago, in May 2002 when I toured the Douro for

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Tasting the Latest Releases from António Maçanita

September 28, 2021September 29, 2021 Treve Ring 4894 Views Alentejo, Azores, Douro

Charismatic António Maçanita is a familiar name in the Portuguese wine world, releasing more than 50 labels each year. In

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

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

November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 jamiegoode

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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A remarkable Champagne tasting at The Remedy, London

November 29, 2023November 29, 2023 jamiegoode
Tasting the wines of Gabrielskloof and Crystallum, with Peter-Allan Finlayson
Features Latest South Africa 

Tasting the wines of Gabrielskloof and Crystallum, with Peter-Allan Finlayson

November 24, 2023 jamiegoode
The wines of Kershaw: a champion of single-site and even single-clone wines from Elgin, South Africa
Features Latest South Africa 

The wines of Kershaw: a champion of single-site and even single-clone wines from Elgin, South Africa

November 19, 2023 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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