August has been the humble pie season and I’ve had a double-helping! First, I said I’d never blog and here I am,...
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If you thought Vinho Verde was sweet and vapid, think again – it’s a region that is undergoing a renaissance. Quinta de...
It’s one of Europe’s leading holiday destinations and has Portugal’s highest concentration of hotels and restaurants, but the Algarve is not known...
Brian Croser is the man who founded pioneering winery, Petaluma, the first in the Adelaide Hills. He is known as Australia’s original...
I’m visiting Portugal several times this year on my quest to discover 50 Great Portuguese Wines – I have the honour of...
The Independent Winegrowers’ Association is a group of quality-focused boutique producers who have banded together to market their wines and champion the...
Barossa-based Yalumba is Australia’s oldest family owned winery and yet remains one of its most innovative. This tasting celebrates 160 years of...
Fascinating to compare the Shiraz-lead Grange Grange and Cabernet Sauvignon-lead “poor man’s Grange,” a.k.a. Bin 389. The tasting was notable for the...
Vintage port is typically declared 3 in every 10 years so 2007, the 3rd declaration of this decade, makes for a good...
Although it was formed in 1996, it was only following my third visit to Western Australia in 2008 that I learned of...
Pico, the Azores – the Santorini of Portugal? I have to admit that I’d thought of the Azores…
2011 Vintage Ports round up – 35 Ports reviewed I'm wary of being reductive but, if there's a phrase…
One of the wine world’s great bargains: 2011 Late… A few years ago Luis Sottomayer (Head winemaker for Casa Ferreirinha and…
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I am hoping to visit this hotel in October and will definitely look out for these wines. Thanks Sarah !
A few years ago I was lucky enough to have purchased some 2011 vintage ports to lay down for the future. 2011 was the year […]