It is hard to believe that a year has elapsed since my last wine travels, visiting Oporto for the ying and yang...
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I reviewed Fladgate’s 2018 Vintage Port releases last September here. Launched on the market this month, I take a second look at...
Taylor’s has annually launched a 50-year-old Single Harvest Tawny since 2014 (starting with the 1964 – links to all my reviews below). ...
As usual, I’ve collated my reviews of the latest Vintage Port releases from the brilliantly fresh 2018 vintage. There are some great...
Always keenly anticipated, I was thrilled to catch up with this new 2018 iteration of an old friend from just before the...
During October, I was tasked with selecting 20 benchmark examples of Tawny Port for Decanter. Let me tell you, it was a...
And most probably my only taste of Taylor’s Very Old Tawny Port Kingsman Edition. Exceptionally rare, it is a limited edition of...
Quevedo is a dynamic sibling-led project, based on Oscar and Claudia Quevedo’s family vineyards in the Douro Superior and Cima Corgo. ...
Head winemaker Luís Sottomayor has described 2018 as “one of the best, if not the best, vintage years I have witnessed.” Following...
In my 9th post reviewing 2018 Vintage Port releases, I take a look at The Fladgate Partnership trio. Unusually, they comprise one...
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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It's terrifically consistent isn't it. Wishing you all v best too Paul. Sarah
Hi Sarah, Many thanks again for this one! Very happy to read Pintas VP '18 doesn't disappoint but shines like their VP '17! Wish you a