The annual New Douro tasting is a great opportunity not just to assess a vintage but also to catch up with latest...
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The Douro Boys are the energetic, quality-focused crew behind Quintas do Vallado, do Crasto, do Vale Dona Maria, do Vale Meao and...
In 1999 the Amorim family (of cork fame) acquired Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo in the Douro’s Cima Corgo as part of...
One of my favourite trade tastings of the year is coming up, the New Douro tasting on 26 October, which will showcase...
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