What is Madeira before it becomes ready to be bottled? Alchemist Ricardo Diogo V Freitas of Barbeito determined to show us what...
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Last week’s Port tips centred on wines which are ready to drink now. Once bottled, Madeira is ready from the get go...
Not heard of the Tinta Negra race? Maybe you’ve not even heard of Tinta Negra, even though it is the principal grape...
No I’m not talking about the canapes, delightful though they looked. I head off to Madeira in little over a week to...
Own labels are exclusive but do the wines necessarily warrant the positive connotations associated with exclusivity? Fortnum & Mason’s wine buyer Tim...
I am a total convert to madeira following this visit to the region in January 2007. As with many wines, forget the...
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