My July Wines of the Month are stellar examples of wines with a great sense of place and regionality. A quality which...
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Apparently “religious tourism” brings nearly 10 million tourists to Portugal, including the many thousands who attend the country’s second biggest festival, Festas do Senhor Santo...
The first of five Iberian Nights tastings at Trangallán (pictured) went with a swing last week, with lively debate about the different...
Lunching at “equal billing” for vegetables Grain Store at the weekend (great veggie Scotch egg; braised cauliflower main a misfire) reminded me how...
I first came across Casa da Passarella at Lisbon wine fair Encontro com o Vinho e Sabores in 2012 – a find...
The Port trade has seen some seismic shifts in the last 20 years or so. It would seem the ripples have been...
2011 was quite a year for Alentejo-based winemaker Susana Esteban. She was voted Revista de Vinhos’ 2011 Winemaker of the Year for...
At the foot of my detailed Madeira report of Wednesday, I wrote up some inspired contemporary food matches with Henriques & Henriques Madeira, from...
They say that life’s too short to drink bad wine, less still to write about it too! With the exception of lesser...
No wine seduces like Madeira, whose sweet, heady and entrancing aroma led us by the nose, Bisto Kid-style, from the entrance upstairs...
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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It's terrifically consistent isn't it. Wishing you all v best too Paul. Sarah
Hi Sarah, Many thanks again for this one! Very happy to read Pintas VP '18 doesn't disappoint but shines like their VP '17! Wish you a