I’m on a Grand Jury this week, which has a soap operatic ring to it. In fact, I’m one of a panel...
Tag Archives: Alentejo
During my January visit with João Afonso of Cabeças do Reguengo and Rui Reguinga of Terrenus, we tasted a mini-vertical of red wines from...
“The big change in the last 10 years in Portugal is whites,” says Rui Reguinga. A change so unexpected that, he admits,...
To be labelled Portalegre DOC, wines must be vinified in Portalegre as well as made from local fruit. It’s a bone of...
In 2009, the same year that I first visited Alentejo’s Portalegre sub-region, wine writer and former ballet dancer João Afonso acquired a...
I first came across Tapada do Chaves at a “40 years of great reds” tasting hosted by Portuguese wine writer Joāo Paulo...
I’ve been excited about Portalegre since my first visit in 2009. For me, it’s not just about this elevated region’s cool climate...
Last year I reviewed the first of Herdade de São Miguel wines under the Art. Terra label – an organic 2014 Syrah/Touriga...
It’s a good long while since I visited Júlio Bastos/Dona Maria’s beautiful estate and converted old winery with its marble lagares in Estremoz,...
It’s always a treat to catch up with the latest releases from leading Alentejo producer Quinta do Mouro. Top estate wines are very...
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 Billie, the style is dry, but given your medical condition and vintages vary & sometimes producers change the style, I'd recommend you check with […]
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