Kopke is renowned for its wood-aged Ports. This ‘new’ Very Old Dry White Port release blew me away with its remarkable freshness...
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This is the sixth release of Taylor’s Single Harvest Tawny Ports (Colheitas) released on their 50th birthday. I received the customary pre-release...
If you’ve visited Niepoort’s Port lodge in Vila Nova de Gaia, chances are you’ve marvelled at the serried ranks of Port in...
I attended a special tasting of five decades of Quinta do Noval Vintage and Colheita Ports on the first of November, all...
On Monday, at Encontro com Vinhos e Sabores 2018 in Lisbon, I was extremely honoured to be asked by Revista de Vinhos to present...
As I write this, I feel a little bereft. After 40 years in the family business, Paul Symington retires from the position...
This last month has seen a deluge of Australian wines and winemakers in the UK, with plenty of thrills and spills. I...
Chemistry was not a favourite subject but, I must say, it’s always a thrill to receive test tubes of Very Old Tawny...
This post follows up my first Vintage Port 2016 report, which focused on ports from the Fladgate Partnership, Symington Family Estates, Quinta...
My August Wines of the Month are two sensual beauties, with terrific mouthfeel and complexity. Mouthfeel might suggest weighty but, fresh and...
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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