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The amphora wine day at Rocim in Portugal's Alentejo wine region
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Amphora wine day, celebrating wines made in clay, part 1

November 25, 2025November 26, 2025 jamiegoode 1317 Views Bordeaux, Sicily

Each year Herdade do Rocim host an amphora wine day, bringing together wineries from around the world who make wine

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Sciara: Stef Yim’s impressive Etna wines, including the highest vineyard in Europe

November 10, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 8488 Views etna, Sicily

Website: https://www.sciaraetna.com/ Jamie Goode catches up with Stef Yim of Sciara Dell’Etna, one of the most interesting producers from this

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Etna, Sicily: Torre Mora

March 23, 2024March 23, 2024 jamiegoode 3705 Views etna, Sicily

One of the estates owned by Piccini, Torre Mora has 13 hectares of vines at altitudes between 600 and 700

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Etna, Sicily: Palmento Constanza

March 19, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 3448 Views etna, Sicily

Website: https://www.palmentocostanzo.com/en/ I’m very excited by this producer, currently making some of the best wines on the island. Organic with

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Etna, Sicily: Tenuta Boccarossa

March 19, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 4903 Views etna, Sicily

Website: http://www.tenutaboccarossa.it/ Michele Calabretta was working in the car industry, and it led him to Germany where he met his

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Italy 

Etna, Sicily: Francesco Modica

February 25, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 2585 Views etna, Sicily

Website: https://www.aziendamodica.it/ This is a very traditional-style producer and no sulfites are added. Francesco started vinifying with his grandfather when

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Etna, Sicily: Carranco

February 24, 2024February 24, 2024 jamiegoode 4419 Views etna, Sicily

Website: https://www.palmentocarranco.com/en/ This is a new project that began in 2018, and it’s a collaboration between Barolo producer Borgogno and

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Etna, Sicily: Theresa Eccher

February 21, 2024 jamiegoode 4406 Views etna, Sicily

Website: https://theresaeccher.com/en/ Theresa Eccher is the name of Daniela Conta Eccher’s grandmother. With her husband Andrea Panozzo, Daniela began this

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Etna, Sicily: Tenute delle Terre Nere

February 19, 2024February 19, 2024 jamiegoode 3789 Views etna, Sicily

Website: https://www.tenutaterrenere.com/en/home-english/ Marco de Grazia’s Terre Nere is one of the star producers in Etna. All the grapes are sorted

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Etna, Sicily: Cusumano’s Alta Mora

February 17, 2024February 17, 2024 jamiegoode 5087 Views etna, Sicily

Website: https://altamora.it/en/altm-2/ This is owned by the Cusumano family, a well known Sicilian producer, and the project began in 2013

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2016, looking back a decade from 2026
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2016, looking back a decade from 2026

January 18, 2026 jamiegoode

2016 was quite a year for me. A transition year with a lot of travel.

Gallo, the world’s largest wine company, has three insanely large wineries in California
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Gallo, the world’s largest wine company, has three insanely large wineries in California

January 17, 2026January 17, 2026 jamiegoode
Bianka and Daniel Schmitt, making impressive natural wines in Rheinhessen, Germany
Features Germany Latest Profiles 

Bianka and Daniel Schmitt, making impressive natural wines in Rheinhessen, Germany

January 15, 2026January 15, 2026 jamiegoode
Another impressive Swiss producer: Domaine de Montbenay from the Vaud
Features Latest Switzerland 

Another impressive Swiss producer: Domaine de Montbenay from the Vaud

January 13, 2026January 13, 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.

Since then it has grown, and Jamie is now a full-time wine writer, lecturer, wine judge and book author.

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