In Monday’s Wines of the Month post featuring Niepoort Garrafeira Port 1931, I mentioned Paulo ‘If you think you know Port think...
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It’s to Portugal I look for my April Wines of the Month. Both from Niepoort. One a rare as hen’s teeth Garrafeira...
Should you have reason to celebrate a 50th anniversary this year, Taylor’s have released the fourth in a series of 50 year...
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Port is not just for Christmas, it’s for life! As my Niepoort tasting...
Lest there be any doubt about the upwards trajectory of Tawny Port, check out these words from Sandeman’s latest press release: “the new...
Following hot on the heels of my post about Quinta do Noval Vintage Port 2014 (and Nacional 2001, also just released), here’s...
“[W]e continue to follow our slightly eccentric path at Noval,” says Quinta do Noval’s MD Christian Seely. Not just with the declaration of a Vintage...
Autumn in a glass. That’s Tawny Port for you. I’ve had two great examples last month, both of which are more...
I caught up with Dirk Niepoort twice in April, first for the launch of a new Douro red, the improbably named Clos...
Tasting Graham’s 90 Very Old Tawny Port last week took me back to tasting Ne Oublie, the finest Very Old Tawny yet...
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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