This month’s Baga Friends’ visit kicked off with a horizontal tasting of 2015s – the first of a great run of vintages...
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Changes are afoot at McHenry Hohnen. David Hohnen has officially retired from winemaking for the Margaret River label he co-founded. Taking on...
As they say, everything new is old, including Buçaco Rosado Reservado – a rosé – from Bussaco Palace Hotel. Re-launched with the 2016...
My September Wines of the Month are young but sophisticated, surely with long lives ahead. With terroir in spades, they scream right...
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote up a thrilling trio of new wave, finely honed, aromatic McLaren Vale Grenaches. Winemaker Emmanuelle...
Chemistry was not a favourite subject but, I must say, it’s always a thrill to receive test tubes of Very Old Tawny...
Having tasted barrel samples, it’s always fascinating to taste the finished article. This month, I got re-acquainted with 2016 Pinot Noirs and...
From a wine perspective, the Azores has surely seen more action in the last decade than in the previous 150 years. In...
Friday, 21st September is International Grenache Day, so why not raise a toast to this variety’s exciting turn around in Australia? Here...
This post follows up my first Vintage Port 2016 report, which focused on ports from the Fladgate Partnership, Symington Family Estates, Quinta...
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, loved this post, just as I loved Part 1. Your review of the 2016 VP's is very important to me, as it undoubtedly
Hi Thomas - hoping, should the opportunity arise! Best Sarah