It seems to me to be more important than ever to shine a spotlight on Simplesmente Vinho, which has been a vital...
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With 101 producers showing their wares at Simplesmente Vinho 2018, up from 84 in 2017 (and just 16 in 2013), Portugal’s alternative...
Serendipity (a term for fortuitous happenstance coined by Horace Walpole in 1754) is a lovely thing. It sounds good and, recently, I discovered...
I’m swanning off to a very special event at Vintners’ Hall on Friday. It marks the long association between the Vintners’ Company, the...
I’m visiting Portugal several times this year on my quest to discover 50 Great Portuguese Wines – I have the honour of...
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