This month’s Baga Friends’ visit kicked off with a horizontal tasting of 2015s – the first of a great run of vintages...
Tag Archives: Bairrada
As they say, everything new is old, including Buçaco Rosado Reservado – a rosé – from Bussaco Palace Hotel. Re-launched with the 2016...
With 101 producers showing their wares at Simplesmente Vinho 2018, up from 84 in 2017 (and just 16 in 2013), Portugal’s alternative...
Last month’s Bairrada Masterclass at Portuguese Wine School was postponed, so there’s still a chance to taste a spectacular line up of Bairrada’s best. And...
Last week’s Bar Douro ‘in conversation’ wine dinner with Filipa Pato and William Wouters showcased the wines of the leading producer brilliantly. ...
My series of tastings for Portuguese Wine School & Bar Douro’s ‘in conversation’ with the winemakers series continue this month, focusing on Bairrada –...
This current (November edition) of Decanter magazine reports on a panel tasting of ‘Best Buy’ (£8-25) Portuguese red wines, all of which...
Luis Pato is, with good reason, synonymous with Baga. I was fortunate to taste his very first 1980 release of Baga...
It’s unusual for me to be writing about a young vintage from Bussaco Palace Hotel. On previous visits I’ve tasted impressive verticals,...
I am just back from a few days with Baga Friends in Bairrada. The occasion? (Not that I need one to go...
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…
Recent Comments
Hi Sarah, loved this post, just as I loved Part 1. Your review of the 2016 VP's is very important to me, as it undoubtedly
Hi Thomas - hoping, should the opportunity arise! Best Sarah