Now over here: Portugal Boutique Winery
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The Azores: new winemaker, exciting new wines – Co-operativa Vitivinícola da Ilha do Pico
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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.
Conducted at breakneck speed, my report on September’s Mornington Peninsula Masterclass focuses on my tasting notes. This year, the visiting vignerons elected...
Cape Mentelle’s Estate Director Cameron Murphy was in town last month and took the opportunity to present a vertical tasting of Cape...
Lower key and more intimate than usual, The Penfolds Collection 2018 UK press preview with Peter Gago took the form of a...
Portugal
Writing up the latest 2013 release of Mouchão provides the opportunity to plug a gap in my posts and cover the 2012 vintage, which...
This last month has seen a deluge of Australian wines and winemakers in the UK, with plenty of thrills and spills. I...
It would seem that Alentejo winemakers are good news for Portugal’s Macaronesian wines. Antonio Macanita (Azores Wine Company) and Paulo Laureano (consultant...