Taylor’s led the charge for limited edition luxury-positioned Very Old Tawny Ports, launching Scion, a pre-phylloxera Tawny from 1855, followed by Taylor’s...
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Living up to its name, The Big Fortified Tasting (BFT) is an important annual date in the diary. A rare opportunity to...
In the new normal world of Vintage Port, declarations seem to be coming ever thicker and faster. Although Niepoort did not declare...
I reviewed Fladgate’s 2018 Vintage Port releases last September here. Launched on the market this month, I take a second look at...
Taylor’s has annually launched a 50-year-old Single Harvest Tawny since 2014 (starting with the 1964 – links to all my reviews below). ...
As usual, I’ve collated my reviews of the latest Vintage Port releases from the brilliantly fresh 2018 vintage. There are some great...
During October, I was tasked with selecting 20 benchmark examples of Tawny Port for Decanter. Let me tell you, it was a...
Head winemaker Luís Sottomayor has described 2018 as “one of the best, if not the best, vintage years I have witnessed.” Following...
In my 9th post reviewing 2018 Vintage Port releases, I take a look at The Fladgate Partnership trio. Unusually, they comprise one...
Sogevinus was awarded the accolade of Fortified Producer of the Year at this year’s Sommelier Wine Awards. Kopke bagged half of the Port...
Pico, the Azores – the Santorini of Portugal? I have to admit that I’d thought of the Azores…
One of the wine world’s great bargains: 2011… A few years ago Luis Sottomayer (Head winemaker for Casa Ferreirinha and…
2011 Vintage Ports round up – 35 Ports reviewed I'm wary of being reductive but, if there's a phrase…
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Hi Geoff, The Wine Soc do one offs. Maybe try contacting Clarke Foyster, Carlos Lucas' importer? V best Sarah
Hello Sarah, I have been asked to do a tutored tasting of Portuguese wines in November and would really like to include an example of Encruzado. […]