My series of tastings for Portuguese Wine School & Bar Douro’s ‘in conversation’ with the winemakers series continue this month, focusing on Bairrada –...
Tag Archives: Luis Pato
Luis Pato is, with good reason, synonymous with Baga. I was fortunate to taste his very first 1980 release of Baga...
Last month I wrote up mini verticals of Luis Pato’s Vinhas Velhas label – red and white. Today I take a look...
Luis Pato boasts a dynamic range of wine. New in 2015 is Vinha Formal Cerceal, which I’ll write up in Part 2. For...
I shall be winging my way to Madeira as this post goes live. An early start! Forget coffee on arrival, I reckon...
So said Dirk Niepoort when I caught up with him earlier this year at Quinta de Baixo, which Niepoort purchased in 2012...
It being the season of new growth, perhaps my April Wines of the Month should have been ingénues? However, I cannot help myself...
Check out this old wine map of Portugal, from the 1950s apparently. There’s no mention of the Alentejo or Douro wine regions...
I’m in Oporto tasting the upcoming 2010 (reds) and 2011 (whites) Douro vintage releases and making good use of my baggage allowance...
A couple of weeks ago I regretted not pairing a bottle of Luis Pato Vinha Barrosa 2003 with melanzane parmigiana. The Portuguese grape variety...
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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It's terrifically consistent isn't it. Wishing you all v best too Paul. Sarah
Hi Sarah, Many thanks again for this one! Very happy to read Pintas VP '18 doesn't disappoint but shines like their VP '17! Wish you a