Vintage port Cockburns 1955 – attractive plum and red fruits, a touch jammy with lovely dried spice notes of cassia bark, anise,...
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Coastal regions tend to hog the limelight in South Africa, especially Stellenbosch, Constantia and Walker Bay. Having spent some time in these...
Brian Croser, Petaluma’s founder is Australia’s original “terroirist.” His has been a quest to pursue the vision espoused by his countryman Dr...
I love tasting and writing about wine but a part of me yearns to get my hands dirty and get involved in...
I love tasting and writing about wine but a part of me yearns to get my hands dirty and get involved in...
I am a total convert to madeira following this visit to the region in January 2007. As with many wines, forget the...
Brian Croser is the man who founded pioneering winery, Petaluma, the first in the Adelaide Hills. He is known as Australia’s original...
This year it was the turn of Tim Atkin, The Observer wine correspondent, to select his top Portuguese kit. Here is my...
I fully expected to be bowled over by the highly accomplished Rieslings for which this region is famous, even the Shiraz, for...
The Douro 2003 reds have now been bottled and look impressive. You’d be pleasantly surprised if you expected to be bludgeoned by...
Pico, the Azores – the Santorini of Portugal? I have to admit that I’d thought of the Azores…
One of the wine world’s great bargains: 2011… A few years ago Luis Sottomayer (Head winemaker for Casa Ferreirinha and…
2011 Vintage Ports round up – 35 Ports reviewed I'm wary of being reductive but, if there's a phrase…
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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
Hi Geoff, The Wine Soc do one offs. Maybe try contacting Clarke Foyster, Carlos Lucas' importer? V best Sarah