I’m down under in Australia at the moment where it’s winter – a wet one too which at least is keeping the...
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August is a quiet month in the wine trade tasting calendar. Praise be it’s less about tasting, more about drinking. September’s Wines...
Wine producers and communicators might well look on enviously at the amount of media coverage extended to food (I know I do!) ...
This next fortnight sees a rash of tastings showcasing the 2011 Burgundy vintage. I suspect I’m not alone when I say Burgundy...
At the foot of my detailed Madeira report of Wednesday, I wrote up some inspired contemporary food matches with Henriques & Henriques Madeira, from...
Sip & Savour indeed! Monday’s Symington Family Estates wine tasting and lunch at Alyn Williams at The Westbury proved an enormous success if I say...
More often than not, if I’m in Portugal tasting Douro wines, I’ll be based in the Douro Valley. This trip, time...
I’m a staunch supporter of Portugal’s native grape varieties. With over 450, why stray elsewhere? But even I have to admit that Quinta da...
This time last week I was embraced in the warm clasp of a delicious weekend away. Well-nigh perfect. Since my partner and...
This time last week I was in Angers for the Salon hanging out with the usual suspects, my fellow Loire diehards Jim...
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