My seventh report focuses on Portugal’s island wines, the best known being Madeira’s fortified wines. Though Madeira’s table wine scene is coming...
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I’ve been tasting for three days solid in Lisbon this week. Today, my horizons widen as I head down south to Alentejo...
The motto at Fita Preta is “why spend a lifetime trying to blend in, when you were born to stand out.” And so...
I have to admit that I’d thought of the Azores as something of a sleepy vinous backwater. Wine production on the Portuguese...
My July Wines of the Month are stellar examples of wines with a great sense of place and regionality. A quality which...
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