With one foot out of the door, João Portugal Ramos (pictured) summoned me back down the hallway to view his shotgun cabinet. Of...
Tag Archives: Alentejo
It may have been the driest vintage ever, but it has rained steadily since I arrived in Alentejo on Tuesday. Fortunately great...
Though established in the 1980s, I’d not come across Vidigueira-based Alentejo producer Herdade do Monte da Ribeira before. Apparently its first wine (made by Joao...
This week I’ve at last made it out to Lisbon to judge at the Concorso Nacional de Vinho 2012. No problems with...
Sogrape is Portugal’s biggest producer. When I say its portfolio is wide-ranging, there’s no better way to lift that off the page...
Last month I was invited on the inaugural flight to a new civil airport in Beja, Alentejo, which operates on a weekly basis from...
I’m heading towards the end of 3 weeks judging wine and, if there’s a fault that continues to provoke lively debate, it’s...
I last visited the Alentejo in 2007 but it wasn’t until this more extensive visit that I fully realised how young the...
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