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Last month I sat down for lunch with two winemaking generations of the Nicola de Almeida family. And I tasted the work...
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 first of five Iberian Nights tastings at Trangallán (pictured) went with a swing last week, with lively debate about the different...
Next Friday I’ll be shooting over to Oporto for a quick stopover visit. My destination? Simplesmente Vinho’s 2014 tasting of terroir-driven wines,...
http://www.https://thewinedetective.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/douro-nov-2012-050.jpg Last week I wrote up a pair of altitude-specific Douro wines from Duorum who, for the first time, will participate in...
After Monday’s post about Niepoort’s thrilling new single vineyard wine Turris, here’s yet another illustration of why the Douro has been described as...
This last week I’ve been focused on updating the Portugal entries for the forthcoming (4th) edition of The Oxford Companion of Wine. ...
Like Port, Douro wines have become increasingly refined. A few years back when I sampled the first (2009) Vinhas Velhas wine from Quinta...
I promised to follow up last week’s report (here) on my first impressions of New Douro releases (mostly 2010 reds and 2009...
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