Much as I’m keen to see the back of last year, there were plenty of vinous highlights. I tasted some truly exceptional...
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As usual, I’ve collated my reviews of the latest Vintage Port releases from the brilliantly fresh 2018 vintage. There are some great...
Always keenly anticipated, I was thrilled to catch up with this new 2018 iteration of an old friend from just before the...
My December Wines of the Month are a contrasting pair from Australia – a Clare Valley Riesling and Rutherglen Muscat. What they...
To ‘moderate’ was my challenge for Wine Australia’s Rutherglen Muscat webinar last week. Rutherglen Muscat is one of the world’s headiest, most...
During October, I was tasked with selecting 20 benchmark examples of Tawny Port for Decanter. Let me tell you, it was a...
And most probably my only taste of Taylor’s Very Old Tawny Port Kingsman Edition. Exceptionally rare, it is a limited edition of...
I haven’t travelled since February – not on a plane, barely on a bus or tube in London, where I live. Tasmania...
I was due to judge at The Limestone Coast Wine Show in October, so my November Wines of the Month – two...
The Bin Series was created in order to give The Wine Society a platform upon which to show wines they feel deserve...
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