I’ve written a good deal about the wines of the Azores in recent years. I’m noticing that Madeira’s table wine (DOP Madeirense,...
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In recent times, Blandy’s has been very much the public face of the Madeira Wine Company in the UK. So it was...
What is Madeira before it becomes ready to be bottled? Alchemist Ricardo Diogo V Freitas of Barbeito determined to show us what...
Visceral, yet ethereal. Such is the contradiction of fine Madeira, especially for Frasqueira or Vintage examples, which must be aged in cask...
I’d been meaning to go to London’s The Remedy Wine Bar & Kitchen in Fitzrovia for ages. With a terrific wine list (12...
Don’t be fooled by the cover – with its striking image (one of a very many), John Szabo’s Volcanic Wines (Jacqui Small)...
Last week’s Port tips centred on wines which are ready to drink now. Once bottled, Madeira is ready from the get go...
As summer at long last arrives in the UK, it’s time to look at a couple of rosés. Both come from popular...
I’m glad I got my fix of fortifieds at Friday’s Big Fortified Tasting. Sitting next to a table judging Port and Madeira...
My seventh report focuses on Portugal’s island wines, the best known being Madeira’s fortified wines. Though Madeira’s table wine scene is coming...
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