I have travelled abroad once and once only since the Covid outbreak, so I made sure November’s visit counted. The headline event...
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#StaySafe #StayatHome with Sarah Ahmed #StaySafe #StayatHome with Sarah Ahmed[PT] #SarahAhmed, fala sobre alguns dos aspectos que mais a entusiasmam nos...
Ten years ago, I spent a week in Alentejo. In my subsequent report (here), I remarked how this visit reinforced what a...
r Iberian red varieties impressed me this last month, as did these two producers (check out my notes on a Rocim Antão...
In a recent post about Portalegre – Alentejo’s coolest, highest DOC sub-region – I reported how leading producer Rui Reguinga of Terrenus...
Portugal has a knack for hiding its light under a bushel. Only last week I discovered that the Alentejo region introduced a...
Herdade do Rocim’s winery could not be more modern. Nor could the first of their wines which I tasted – the heavyweight...
Last month I was invited on the inaugural flight to a new civil airport in Beja, Alentejo, which operates on a weekly basis from...
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