A week in Portugal – two wine fairs, four days in Lisboa – threw up plenty of candidates for my March Wines...
Tag Archives: Portalegre wine
“The big change in the last 10 years in Portugal is whites,” says Rui Reguinga. A change so unexpected that, he admits,...
In 2009, the same year that I first visited Alentejo’s Portalegre sub-region, wine writer and former ballet dancer João Afonso acquired a...
I’ve been excited about Portalegre since my first visit in 2009. For me, it’s not just about this elevated region’s cool climate...
Susana Esteban’s own label maiden releases blew my socks off. And the Alentejo winemaker has done it again, this time with her...
In March I wrote up my first taste of Procura 2011, Susana Esteban’s maiden eponymous wine (here). Though this tender young thing...
“My wines are made for the table” can sound clichéd. But not from Vitor Claro, one of Portugal’s leading young chefs. Highly...
When I reflect upon the year, two phenomena stand out. An upswing of exclusive, stratospherically-priced super-luxury-releases in my areas of focus, notably...
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