Having a tooth out is no way to start your first week back home after wine travels. But it has been a...
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It’s been a hectic few days judging at the 125th Rutherglen Wine Show, which concludes with the trophy-judging tomorrow. It is my...
I’ve been in Adelaide this week for Savour Australia, the biggest Australian wine forum ever staged. Though hosted by Wine Australia, it...
In the last week, I’ve presented a couple of blind tastings focused on Chardonnay and regionality in Australia. My line up, the...
Robert Hill Smith and Peter Barry dug deep into their reserves to show some older wines at a well over-subscribed Riesling masterclass...
Attending a tasting is a guerilla attack-like affair – it’s all about focus, prioritising, what to cover so you can get back...
Volcanic ash got in the way of judging in Portugal this week, but there was a silver lining to this particular cloud. ...
Penfolds house style famously emerged from the constraints of a fortified wine culture when the iconic flagship, Penfolds Grange, was created by Max...
Last week, though a judging day, wild horses would not have kept me away from Penfolds’ Icon & Luxury Release Tasting. Penfolds...
Rutherglen in North East Victoria probably has Australia’s best known cluster of fortified wine producers. It fielded some of the region’s finest...
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