I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Port is not just for Christmas, it’s for life! As my Niepoort tasting...
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A few years ago Luis Sottomayer (Head winemaker for Casa Ferreirinha and all Sogrape Port Wine brands) told me “Late Bottled Vintage (LBV) Ports...
It has been something of a nostalgia trip mentoring/judging at Oddbins The Palate these last two years. It doesn’t feel so very...
It’s approaching that time of year when Port sales spike. As always the major retailers have no shortage of deals which will...
Luis Sottomayer (Head winemaker for Casa Ferreirinha and all Sogrape Port Wine brands) strikes me as a man of few, choice words; someone unlikely...
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