Tasmanian grapes, especially Tasmanian Chardonnay grapes, are in high demand. The wines too. Fortunately, Wine Tasmania has afforded me three bites at...
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It may have been short and sweet, but last month’s super-focused visit to Portugal – my first since February 2020 – spoiled...
With apologies for the radio silence – technical hitches interrupted posts – here is my promised Tawny Port follow up to my...
For the fourth year in a row, the Douro has produced Vintage Port quality. Of those samples I’ve received, the declarations are...
Bagging Wine of Show at this year’s Barossa Wine Show (Saltram 2018 No 1 Shiraz) and McLaren Vale Show (Dandelion Vineyard Lion’s...
The first of two webinars I’m moderating for Wines of Western Australia focused on Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon. Exchanges with the six...
It’s strange when two neighbours independently contact you about the same producer the same day. One happens to work for Herdade da...
Sometimes it’s not so very hard to translate Portuguese. Invencível, meaning invincible, is a case in point. And there is a very...
This month I reported for Decanter on the most expensive wine (at launch) that I’ve tasted. At £1,000/bottle it’s stratospherically beyond mine...
It’s International Grenache Day today and I’ve been building up to it in style. In both senses of the word. Whether you...
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