With 101 producers showing their wares at Simplesmente Vinho 2018, up from 84 in 2017 (and just 16 in 2013), Portugal’s alternative...
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After a super quick dip in the Sea of the Hebrides earlier this month (much better to stay in the kayak!), I...
I am not long back from the Douro Superior. It is a sub-region which continues to fascinate. Casa Ferreirinha Barca Velha –...
Last week’s extensive (120 wines & 17,630 word) report on latest Douro releases focused on those New Douro wines that I tasted in...
Not that I twirled along the mountaintops, Julie Andrews style, but I don’t believe I’ve ever made such a dramatic entrance as...
Located in the heart of the Cima Corgo, Quinta do Crasto is among the Douro’s most famous estates for table wines. Aged...
Today, the judging process kicks off for Decanter World Wine Awards. Once again I’m Regional Chair for Portuguese table wines and, this year,...
My first report following my March visit to the Douro Superior (here) focused on Duorum, who have planted one of a rash...
A visit to Quinta da Leda provided the opportunity to witness field grafting a vine first hand. This is what happened next...
Next Wednesday it’s the New Douro trade tasting at the Portuguese Embassy, London. I had a sneak preview in Oporto last month 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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Great wrap-up on one of the most challenging vintages in living memory (for so many reasons). Thanks for sharing the stories and more about the amazing
Hi Sarah, great post, thank you very much! Looking forward to the other announced ones! Hope you are also going to review Pintas VP '18