Wine Australia’s annual Australia Trade Tasting, which kicks off my year, is always fertile ground for my Wines of the Month. Seasonally,...
Tag Archives: Chenin Blanc
For drinking now, Filipa Pato’s exquisite fortified Baga is just hitting its sleek, sophisticated stride. With Atlantic and varietal freshness, it most...
I made a bee-line for Berry Bros & Rudd’s Autumn press tasting yesterday to catch up with a selection of Pereira d’Oliveira Madeiras dating back...
Because they’re tied to a retailer’s selection box, I usually bin wine vouchers. Not so with the £60 Naked Wines voucher that...
High Timber’s straight-talking Neleen Strauss is renowned for telling it like it is but, on this occasion, I reckon it’s more accurate...
Vignobles Touchais is steeped in history. Founded in 1787, the Doué-la-Fontaine-based Loire producer has been in the Touchais family for several generations....
I wrote up highlights from themed tables at Wines of South Africa’s Cape Wine Europe trade tasting here last week. At the Chenin Blanc...
The New Year ushers in a fiscal tightening of the belt and resolutions of the type aimed at tightening actual belts, so...
Domaine Huet is one of the top, arguably the top, Vouvray producer. The wines are remarkably long lived as evidenced by this...
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