Sandeman is renowned for its Tawny Ports with an indication of age, namely its 10-, 20-, 30- and 40-Year-Old Aged Tawnies. It...
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For the fourth year in a row, the Douro has produced Vintage Port quality. Of those samples I’ve received, the declarations are...
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...
And most probably my only taste of Taylor’s Very Old Tawny Port Kingsman Edition. Exceptionally rare, it is a limited edition of...
The 7th Taylor’s Single Harvest Port to be released on its 50th birthday hails from a generally declared year. Like the 1966...
Port has been produced at Quinta da Romaneira since the 18th century. The sizeable Cima Corgo estate boasts three kilometres of river...
In April, Sogrape announced that all three of its houses had declared classic Vintage Ports. What a striking contrast with 2017 –...
Having published Charles Symington’s 2019 Vintage Report last week, I now resume coverage of Vintage Port 2017. This seventh post about Vintage...
Excited about the 2017 ports “since tasting the first run-off samples from the lagares,” said Johnny Graham, Churchill’s declared back-to-back Vintage Port...
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