Bagging Wine of Show at this year’s Barossa Wine Show (Saltram 2018 No 1 Shiraz) and McLaren Vale Show (Dandelion Vineyard Lion’s...
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Sometimes it’s not so very hard to translate Portuguese. Invencível, meaning invincible, is a case in point. And there is a very...
Cullen Wines celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. From a towering base, the wines continue to go from strength and strength. You...
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May proved to be a fine month for Australian wine. It was tough to single out two. The Murdoch Hill was one...
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My April Wines of the Month are a top tier classic Clare Valley Riesling from Pikes and a new flagship Douro red...
It is hard to believe that a year has elapsed since my last wine travels, visiting Oporto for the ying and yang...
January may not have been as awash with Australian wine tasting opportunities as usual, but this stunning Victorian pair provided great pleasure...
Pico, the Azores – the Santorini of Portugal? I have to admit that I’d thought of the Azores…
One of the wine world’s great bargains: 2011… A few years ago Luis Sottomayer (Head winemaker for Casa Ferreirinha and…
2011 Vintage Ports round up – 35 Ports reviewed I'm wary of being reductive but, if there's a phrase…
Recent Comments
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
Hi Geoff, The Wine Soc do one offs. Maybe try contacting Clarke Foyster, Carlos Lucas' importer? V best Sarah