Following up on my guides to the Douro and Vinho Verde, today I’ve posted the third of my free online Portuguese wine...
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Big picture The Bairrada region is home to one of the very few Portuguese examples of a single varietal red wine grape,...
So said Dirk Niepoort when I caught up with him earlier this year at Quinta de Baixo, which Niepoort purchased in 2012...
It being the season of new growth, perhaps my April Wines of the Month should have been ingénues? However, I cannot help myself...
I’m in Oporto tasting the upcoming 2010 (reds) and 2011 (whites) Douro vintage releases and making good use of my baggage allowance...
Filipa Pato is cut from the same cloth as her father, Luis Pato, Bairrada’s leading winemaker. She’s a restless winemaking soul, all...
Of the major retailers, I reckon that The Wine Society has the most interesting range of Portuguese wines. Little did I know, until...
Série Ímpar translates as odd series. Odd in the sense of individual or unusual. It’s not unusual for an artisanal producer to...
I am just back from hectic but highly productive travels to Bairrada to celebrate International Baga Day (21st May), Porto Santo in...
You can take the man out of Portugal, but you can’t take Portugal out of the man. And so it is for...
Pico, the Azores – the Santorini of Portugal? I have to admit that I’d thought of the Azores…
One of the wine world’s great bargains: 2011… A few years ago Luis Sottomayer (Head winemaker for Casa Ferreirinha and…
2011 Vintage Ports round up – 35 Ports reviewed I'm wary of being reductive but, if there's a phrase…
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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
Hi Geoff, The Wine Soc do one offs. Maybe try contacting Clarke Foyster, Carlos Lucas' importer? V best Sarah