Penfolds’ Chief Winemaker Peter Gago was in town last month for a preview of The Penfolds Collection 2015. It is released this...
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It’s been a fine old week for awards – Charles Metcalfe’s Comendador do Ordem do Mérito Empresarial, Paul Symington’s Decanter Man of...
Last November I tasted a couple of new kids on the block from Penfolds, as well as some glorious old vintages of iconic wines...
Penfolds house style famously emerged from the constraints of a fortified wine culture when the iconic flagship, Penfolds Grange, was created by Max...
Last week, though a judging day, wild horses would not have kept me away from Penfolds’ Icon & Luxury Release Tasting. Penfolds...
A quick post so you’re not pipped at the post! I’m part way though writing up my notes of the Australia Trade...
Fascinating to compare the Shiraz-lead Grange Grange and Cabernet Sauvignon-lead “poor man’s Grange,” a.k.a. Bin 389. The tasting was notable for the...
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