I’m sure I’m not alone in getting around to projects that have ‘gathered dust.’ In a synergistic triumph, I re-organised my wine...
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It’s only a couple of years since I last holidayed on Pico, the Azores, but I returned in June for a quiet...
It would seem that Alentejo winemakers are good news for Portugal’s Macaronesian wines. Antonio Macanita (Azores Wine Company) and Paulo Laureano (consultant...
My September Wines of the Month are young but sophisticated, surely with long lives ahead. With terroir in spades, they scream right...
From a wine perspective, the Azores has surely seen more action in the last decade than in the previous 150 years. In...
Last year ended on a high for Portugal, which was just crowned the World’s Leading Destination 2017 at The World Travel Awards. ...
Today I’m off to Oporto to Simplesmente Vinho, a terrific annual artisanal wine fair. But it doesn’t get more artisanal than Adega Czar,...
Some turn over a new leaf, others – notably the Azores Wine Company – turn over vineyards, entire regions even. Check out...
On my very first trip to the Azores I knew I’d be back. Both for more wine adventures and for holidays. I...
Since I first wrote about the Azores following a visit in 2014, the archipelago has continued to surprise me with ‘Pet Nat’...
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… A few years ago Luis Sottomayer (Head winemaker for Casa Ferreirinha and…
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Hi Sarah, great post, thank you very much! Looking forward to the other announced ones! Hope you are also going to review Pintas VP '18
Hi Wilfried, thanks for your comment - I couldn't agree more about Riesling and, like you, I'm a big Steingarten and Grosset fan. I'm […]