June Wines of the Month: fresh & freshly launched Caracol & Baga
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London’s landmark Portuguese wine festival: FESTA by Bar Douro, 24th & 25th June
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Hail, Henschke, Eden Valley Shiraz 2017
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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.
I could just as easily have left out the commas, but there is an embargo on publishing reviews of Henschke’s four single...
In Wine Australia’s latest webinar entitled “The many faces of Barossa Shiraz,” Mark Pygott MW focused on the role of the people, as opposed...
I’ve loved Aphelion’s and Bondar’s new wave McLaren Vale Grenaches, so it’s hardly surprising that I’m excited going from A to B...
Portugal
v Venerating age is all the rage with the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of this last week. And in Oporto where three new...
I am just back from hectic but highly productive travels to Bairrada to celebrate International Baga Day (21st May), Porto Santo in...
You can take the man out of Portugal, but you can’t take Portugal out of the man. And so it is for...