I’ve spent this last two days in Vila Nova de Gaia closeted in Niepoort ‘s tasting room (not so very bad), tasting over...
Tag Archives: Douro wine
Yesterday’s report (here) of the Symington’s remarkable Single Quinta Vintage Port tasting (2006-1950) may have given you a sense of the Douro Valley –...
Neither Quinta do Crasto nor Quinta do Portal release single varietal wines every year. In fact Crasto last released a single varietal...
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...
I came across the cool, mineral, sinewy wines of Quinta de Tourais at this year’s Annual Portuguese tasting in London and liked...
Of the major retailers, I reckon that The Wine Society has the most interesting range of Portuguese wines. Little did I know, until...
The hallmark of this vintage is relatively forward wines, with less extract and stuffing than usual but, on the upside, nice elegance...
The Douro 2003 reds have now been bottled and look impressive. You’d be pleasantly surprised if you expected to be bludgeoned by...
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