Most Vinho Verde is a blend of several varieties, but if there’s a stand out grape, it’s got to be Alvarinho (known...
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Last week I discovered that “hair of the dog” is as applicable to holidays as hangovers. The evening after I returned from...
A cheeky reference to Sex, Drugs & Rock & Roll, the excellent Ian Dury biopic? Yes and no. We’re into February, not...
The New Year ushers in a fiscal tightening of the belt and resolutions of the type aimed at tightening actual belts, so...
I’ve posted tasting notes of some terrific Australian verticals lately (de Bortoli, Shaw & Smith and Clonakilla). My wines of the month...
Cullen Kevin John Chardonnay 2007, Margaret River, Western Australia – I must declare an interest, albeit minor…my biceps played some part in...
Kleine Zalze Bush Vines Chenin Blanc 2008 (South Africa) This is a great value example of a rich, ripe, wooded Chenin brimming...
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