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Features Latest Portugal 

Saravá, innovative low-intervention wines from Vinho Verde and Douro, Portugal

December 2, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode 818 Views Douro, Natural wine, Vinho Verde

Website: https://www.galactic.wine/ Miguel Viseu is the winemaker at low-intervention wine producer Aphros in Vinho Verde, but he also has his

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Video: the Port harvest in the Douro, 2025, with Taylor’s

October 28, 2025October 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2541 Views Douro

Website: https://www.taylor.pt/ 2025 will go down as one of the trickiest vintages of recent years, simply because it was very

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Latest Portugal Regions 

Gallery: the Douro in black and white

September 1, 2025 jamiegoode 2203 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 1718 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 3465 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 Portugal 

The wines of Quinta de Tourais, Douro, Portugal

June 15, 2025January 15, 2026 jamiegoode 2160 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 11808 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 Portugal 

The wines of Muxagat, from Portugal’s Douro region

June 12, 2025January 15, 2026 jamiegoode 1515 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 Portugal Regions 

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

May 27, 2025January 15, 2026 jamiegoode 3528 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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Quinta da Pedra Alta, a new Douro star, with consultant winemaker Matt Gant

January 6, 2025January 7, 2025 jamiegoode 7105 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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Boekenhoutskloof: a vertical of Semillon, and the 2023 new releases from this top South African winery
Features Latest South Africa 

Boekenhoutskloof: a vertical of Semillon, and the 2023 new releases from this top South African winery

February 6, 2026February 6, 2026 jamiegoode

If any observer of the South African wine scene were to make a list of the top 10 producers, then

Adelsheim, one of the pioneering Oregon wineries
Features Latest Oregon 

Adelsheim, one of the pioneering Oregon wineries

February 5, 2026February 5, 2026 jamiegoode
Visiting Emiliana, an important organic Chilean winery
Chile Features Latest Profiles 

Visiting Emiliana, an important organic Chilean winery

February 4, 2026February 4, 2026 jamiegoode
Maturana, an exciting boutique Chilean winery
Chile Features Latest 

Maturana, an exciting boutique Chilean winery

February 2, 2026February 2, 2026 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.

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