It is hard to believe that a year has elapsed since my last wine travels, visiting Oporto for the ying and yang...
Tag Archives: Douro White Wine
Last week’s extensive (120 wines & 17,630 word) report on latest Douro releases focused on those New Douro wines that I tasted in...
Selecting Wine & Soul Guru 2013 as one my December Wines of the Month gave you a steer on my take of the...
Last Wednesday I wrote up Secretum 2012, an outstanding (and unusual) single varietal Arinto from the Douro. I’d not made the connection between...
The annual New Douro tasting which celebrates the latest 2011 red and 2012 white Douro wines takes place next Thursday, 20 February....
Churchill’s Estates’ wonderfully muscular, sinewy and mineral top red, Quinta da Gricha 2009 won a gold medal and trophy at this year’s Decanter...
Ask anyone why the Douro Valley is famous and they’ll say Port – most likely vintage port, which accounts for a measly...
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