In February, I visited with Márcio Lopes, tasting cask samples of Pequenos Rebentos Edição Limitada Vinho Verde wines. Now in bottle, Pequenos...
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Tis the season to Vinho Verde and, while you can expect freshness to be the hallmark of each and every wine, I’ll...
I made a couple of interesting finds at this year’s Annual Vinho Verde tasting in London which, like the region, is always...
A week on Monday I’ll be presenting a Vinho Verde tasting for the press and trade over lunch at Skylon restaurant in...
This year’s The Wine Society annual blind Wine Champions tasting includes two Vinho Verdes from Anselmo Mendes, both of which I’ve tasted this...
My jaw fell to the floor when I discovered that Quinta da Calçada Vinhas Velhas is sourced from the property’s original 1917 vines....
In Monday’s post I reviewed Quinta de Soalheiro exciting new Alvarinho cuvée, Granit Mineral Selection 2015. It follows hot on the heels...
My end of year is always focused on Portugal as I update entries for Hugh Johnson Pocket Wine, including the vintage report....
If a symbol were needed about how much Vinho Verde has changed in the last decade, the left hand bottle – Quinta...
This week I’m in Oporto focused on Douro 2013 reds and 2014 whites. It was a good year for whites, provided they...
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 Donna - lucky you, living in Sintra and close to Bairrada. So much going on. And thanks for your feedback too -
Hi Sarah, I so enjoyed finding this, what great wine writing! I had all but given up reading wine blogs, laden as they are with […]