My April Wines of the Month are made by power couples and next gen winemakers – one of whom went into the...
My Wines of the Month
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A week in Portugal – two wine fairs, four days in Lisboa – threw up plenty of candidates for my March Wines...
Wine Australia’s annual Australia Trade Tasting, which kicks off my year, is always fertile ground for my Wines of the Month. Seasonally,...
Not all icons cost an arm and a leg. I dub one of my November Wines of the Month Australia’s Grand Cru...
With so many Australian wine tastings last month, it has been exceptionally tough to single out my Wines of the Month. In...
My September Wines of the Month are young but sophisticated, surely with long lives ahead. With terroir in spades, they scream right...
My August Wines of the Month are two sensual beauties, with terrific mouthfeel and complexity. Mouthfeel might suggest weighty but, fresh and...
It’s July, it’s scorching so I know, I know, Vintage Port. But then this post is all about being smitten, not seasonal. ...
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...
Ten years apart, poles apart stylistically and, indeed, some 17,000km apart, my April Wines of the Month are a contrasting pair. But...
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