Burnishing its credentials as among the country’s top white grape, Encruzado – Dão’s emblematic grape variety – featured heavily among the sommeliers’...
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I first met Júlia de Melo Kemper and tasted her wines in March 2011 (my report here). It was immediately apparent that...
Next Friday I’ll be shooting over to Oporto for a quick stopover visit. My destination? Simplesmente Vinho’s 2014 tasting of terroir-driven wines,...
João Paulo Martins is one of Portugal’s most influential wine writers (he publishes the annual guide Vinhos de Portugal), so it was...
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