This month’s dynamic duo will come as no surprise to some. Both are made by iconic producers, each founded in the 19th...
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Fuelled by the gold rush, the state of Victoria ruled Australia’s first wine wave in the 19th century. What else accounts for...
This month’s selection focuses on two whites which are just about right for this time of year when we’re thinking about summer,...
This week I’ve been at full tilt tasting several hundred Portuguese wines at Decanter World Wine Awards, which fills me with renewed...
The lure of the new – new wine, new vintage – is hard to resist, especially for wine writers, but my April...
Last month I wrote up two Australian reds with marked pinosity. This month’s Australian red is the real deal, a Pinot Noir...
“Pinosity” abounds on the Australian red wine scene at the moment. The Burgundian ones sensual attributes and mid-weight palate are by no...
This is my first post of 2015 – Happy New Year! May it be healthy, happy and chock-full of great wine, like...
I had not a jot of hesitation selecting my December Wines of the Month. Superlative wines! Here they are: Wine & Soul...
My November Wines of the Month are from two classic regions – the Hunter Valley, Australia and Madeira, Portugal. Each has...
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