Last month’s Bairrada Masterclass at Portuguese Wine School was postponed, so there’s still a chance to taste a spectacular line up of Bairrada’s best. And...
My Wines of the Month
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Ten years apart, poles apart stylistically and, indeed, some 17,000km apart, my April Wines of the Month are a contrasting pair. But...
I am going single varietal this month. It’s not unusual with Australia – especially having just been at at Riesling Downunder, where I...
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...
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…
Recent Comments
Hi Geoffrey, Vale da Capucha are imported by Les Caves de Pyrene and Indigo. Susana Esteban is imported by Raymond Reynolds.
Sorry for the slow reply Robin- if I'm not too late, Prova wine bar is very good - https://prova.com.pt/