I am going single varietal this month. It’s not unusual with Australia – especially having just been at at Riesling Downunder, where I...
My Wines of the Month
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With Australia Day Tastings x three for me (I was presenting Margaret River Masterclasses in London, Edinburgh & Dublin), I had plenty...
Both these excellent Australian Chardonnays are made by members of Yarra Valley Wine Women (pictured above), for whom I chaired a tasting...
A week well spent in the Dão last month threw up so many candidates for my December Wines of the Month that...
Spring had sprung when I visited Australia last month, destination the Limestone Coast. As had some rather spiffing ‘Spring release’ 2017 reds. ...
I saw red last month. Not just in terms of my most memorable wines of the month, but also having heard various...
August is a quiet month for tastings, but I felt thoroughly spoiled by this sumptuous, complex Port and thoroughly on the horns...
Niepoort regularly feature in my Wines of the Month and, once again, it’s with a new, surprising wine from their new and evolving...
r Iberian red varieties impressed me this last month, as did these two producers (check out my notes on a Rocim Antão...
These pages have been a little quieter than usual because May has been exceptionally busy, with two trips to Portugal, thrilling tastings...
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 Donna - lucky you, living in Sintra and close to Bairrada. So much going on. And thanks for your feedback too -
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