No doubt about it, a Powell & Son single vineyard Shiraz was going to make the cut for July Wines of the...
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I submitted my copy for a Decanter Expert’s Choice feature last week, which is focused on a Langton’s Classification of Australian Wine...
I’ve yet to learn the identity of the 652 Portuguese wines I blind-tasted last week at Decanter World Wine Awards. We did,...
How spoiled am I for choice this month? March was my Big Australian Month in terms of the number and diversity of...
One of “Australia’s Best Kept Secrets” shot to prominence last week. If you’d been wondering where the first British woman to reach a...
I’m often asked why the focus on Portuguese and Australian wines. There’s no single reason. But a common factor which excites me...
I’ve been flat out tasting this last month, so it has been particularly tough to select just two Wines of the Month....
Ramos Pinto Duas Quintas Tinto 2011 (Douro DOC) This year the Duas Quintas brand is 25 years old. It was one of...
I don’t think I’ve ever gone off piste for both my Wines of the Month but, what can I say, these two...
Following my three weeks of travels in Australia it has been damn near impossible to single out my two Wines of the...
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 -
Hi Sarah, I so enjoyed finding this, what great wine writing! I had all but given up reading wine blogs, laden as they are with […]