November Wines of the Month: Lino Ramble ‘Blind Man’s Bluff’ Bastardo 2019 & S C Pannell Tempranillo Touriga 2018
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McLaren Vale Wine Show 2019 – results & reflections
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Azores Wine Company: new 2018 releases & new developments
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Churchill’s Vintage Port 2017 and a vertical back to 1982
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October Wines of the Month: Jim Barry Watervale Riesling 1974 & Wynns John Riddoch Cabernet 2015
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Welcome to my website, a wine lovers’ guide to what to drink from Portugal and Australia. Every wine tasted by me. No points, no scores, just honest, independent recommendations together with up-to-the-minute coverage of the people and places behind the wines.
Sarah Ahmed, The Wine Detective.
Last week I reported (here) on Thistledown Wine Company’s success at McLaren Vale Wine Show. It bagged three trophies for Thistledown Vagabond...
Vinously speaking (how else?!?), I had my Large Hadron Collider experience this last fortnight – the perfect intersection of interests, as Australia,...
My last fortnight was most productively spent in McLaren Vale, judging at the McLaren Vale Wine Show 2019 then visiting with producers. ...
Portugal
Having published Charles Symington’s 2019 Vintage Report last week, I now resume coverage of Vintage Port 2017. This seventh post about Vintage...
By machine. Yes – and there it is. Not what you would expect in the Douro but, as Head Winemaker Charles Symington...
It’s only a couple of years since I last holidayed on Pico, the Azores, but I returned in June for a quiet...