Yesterday’s Landmark session culminated in a rarified line up of 21 Australian groundbreaking wines from the 1950s to the present day. Andrew Caillard MW of...
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Next Tuesday one of my Landmark Tutorial seminars focuses on “the Great Australian Blend,” which I guess encompasses Shiraz Cabernet and GSM...
So we’ve had South Africa -v- the Loire on the blancs, Sauvignon and Chenin. What about this pair of seemingly evenly price matched...
At a civil partnership party tonight which, earlier in the week, prompted a what to wear jaunt to Oxford Street’s sales – not my idea...
The cat, so the saying goes but I’m with Raymond Blanc when he says “if you lose your curiosity, you die a...
This is my 3rd report on the annual Australia Trade Tasting. Having already covered Pinot Noir & Chardys and Cult & Boutique’s...
Since the inaugural 50 Great Portuguese Wines tasting in 2005, this annual press and trade event has been one of my highlights...
Western Australian wineries are well up for pitting their wines and wits against the best the Old World can offer – Cape...
Winemaker Sue Hodder was over for the Australia Day tastings and presented a cross section of great vintages of Wynns Black Label...
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