Today I’ve posted my first Loire Regional report (click here) on this year’s Salon (the annual Loire trade fair in Angers), covering...
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At last year’s Australia Day tasting, varietal tables for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay reinforced how a new generation of winemakers are really...
Yesterday’s 50 Great Portugese Wines tasting went swimmingly – great to see so many producers supporting the event and to taste the...
Last year, I had great fun meeting opera singer Bryn Terfel when I contributed to a Radio 4 programme about Terfel’s alternative...
This time last year, I was in eager anticipation of my Riesling-focused trip to Australia (reported here). As part of my “limbering...
Domaine Huet – a focus on Demi-sec Vouvray, tasting the 2008s and select older vintages back to 1949
Huet are very probably Vouvray’s top producer, so it’s saying something when Richard Kelley MW describes the 2008 Demi-secs as probably Noel...
Presented my final tasting of the year last night. A couple of the wines, Innocent Bystander Moscato (pictured) and St Hallett Gamekeeper’s...
Just thought I’d share a great veggie/wine food match for a salad of beetroot, pink fir potatoes and mixed leaves, topped with...
En route home from a few days in the Douro, followed by a visit to Esporao in Alentejo, wine report to follow. In...
Presented a superb tasting at The Capital in Knightsbridge yesterday for Waitrose Food Illustrated readers. Lots of positive comments about the wines,...
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, Thanks for this great post! Reading your reviews makes me happy that I have a few bottles of (the regular) Noval from 2015 onwards!! All
Thanks for the suggestion. I know Lance Foyster quite well. However I have just found the Wine Society are now listing an Encruzado for £15.50