Like Niepoort, Ramos Pinto declared 2015 (my review here) and not 2016 Vintage Port, so the release of Ramos Pinto Vintage Port...
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Dirk Niepoort rates Niepoort Vintage Port 2017 as the best Vintage Port he has made – “in the same line of 2015, but...
With the seventh consecutive declaration this decade, Quinta do Noval Vintage Port declarations have, increasingly, diverged from the norm. On the other...
In my second post on this topic, I report on The Fladgate Partnership 2017 Vintage Port releases, including an exciting new addition to...
As 2016 Vintage Ports were launched in May last year (my report here), speculation was already rife about 2017 Vintage Port. Well...
Last month was a fertile month for tastings but two wines particularly caught my attention. One for the first time. The other,...
Generally declared, 2017 Vintage Port is grabbing the headlines at the moment. Rightly so based on what I’ve tasted so far. However,...
My April Wines of the Month are made by power couples and next gen winemakers – one of whom went into the...
Missão & Rexarte: enchanting 2015 single vineyard Bagas from Filipa Pato & William Wouters and Vadio
I’ve described it as unmissable, great. An example has been a Wine of the Month. And the superlatives about Bairrada’s 2015 Bagas...
I spent last week in Antwerp at the ASI Best Sommelier of the World 2019, (the 16th edition). Let me tell 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 Billie, the style is dry, but given your medical condition and vintages vary & sometimes producers change the style, I'd recommend you check with […]
Hello Sarah, […]