As I write this, I feel a little bereft. After 40 years in the family business, Paul Symington retires from the position...
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Writing up the latest 2013 release of Mouchão provides the opportunity to plug a gap in my posts and cover the 2012 vintage, which...
This last month has seen a deluge of Australian wines and winemakers in the UK, with plenty of thrills and spills. I...
It would seem that Alentejo winemakers are good news for Portugal’s Macaronesian wines. Antonio Macanita (Azores Wine Company) and Paulo Laureano (consultant...
This month’s Baga Friends’ visit kicked off with a horizontal tasting of 2015s – the first of a great run of vintages...
As they say, everything new is old, including Buçaco Rosado Reservado – a rosé – from Bussaco Palace Hotel. Re-launched with the 2016...
My September Wines of the Month are young but sophisticated, surely with long lives ahead. With terroir in spades, they scream right...
Chemistry was not a favourite subject but, I must say, it’s always a thrill to receive test tubes of Very Old Tawny...
From a wine perspective, the Azores has surely seen more action in the last decade than in the previous 150 years. In...
This post follows up my first Vintage Port 2016 report, which focused on ports from the Fladgate Partnership, Symington Family Estates, Quinta...
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 Geoffrey, Vale da Capucha are imported by Les Caves de Pyrene and Indigo. Susana Esteban is imported by Raymond Reynolds.
Sorry for the slow reply Robin- if I'm not too late, Prova wine bar is very good - https://prova.com.pt/