I’ve been prepping next week’s Wine Australia Grenache masterclass this week. Described as warm climate or blue collar Pinot Noir, I...
Tag Archives: 50 great Portuguese wines
Last Friday, Julia Harding MW’s 50 Great Portuguese Wines 2012 were unveiled. An exciting facet of this annual selection is that it...
Today we found out which wines Julia Harding MW selected for the 2012 50 Great Portuguese Wines. And sure enough Harding, who...
Monday produced an embarrassment of vinous riches in the form of a vertical of Eben Sadie’s Sadie Family Columella followed by Tom...
Last January marked the start of my quest to select 50 Great Portuguese Wines 2010 and I’ve loved every minute of the...
Since the inaugural 50 Great Portuguese Wines tasting in 2005, this annual press and trade event has been one of my highlights...
Towards the end of the year, I accumulate a mountain of samples for the purposes of updating the Portugal pages for Hugh...
I last visited the Alentejo in 2007 but it wasn’t until this more extensive visit that I fully realised how young the...
August has been the humble pie season and I’ve had a double-helping! First, I said I’d never blog and here I am,...
The Wine Anorak a.k.a. Jamie Goode spent a good deal of 2008 scouring Portugal for great wines and he and I caught...
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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