Always good to see the latest vintage of Mouchão, one of the Alentejo region’s iconic wines and probably the world’s leading expression of...
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2011 was quite a year for Alentejo-based winemaker Susana Esteban. She was voted Revista de Vinhos’ 2011 Winemaker of the Year for...
With one foot out of the door, João Portugal Ramos (pictured) summoned me back down the hallway to view his shotgun cabinet. Of...
This year, the panel I chaired at Decanter World Wine Awards gave a Gold Medal and Regional Trophy to Tagus Creek Shiraz...
The Guardian’s Fiona Beckett kindly flipped my way an invite to L’AND Vineyards in Evora, Alentejo, Portugal and, last Friday, I participated in a...
After a solid week of tasting Portuguese wines for Decanter World Wine Awards, I got withdrawal symptoms last night and what better than...
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