For the fourth year in a row, the Douro has produced Vintage Port quality. Of those samples I’ve received, the declarations are...
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Evidently, Quinta do Monte Xisto in the Douro Superior is a precocious site. Planted between 2005 and 2006, the eponymous red –...
During October, I was tasked with selecting 20 benchmark examples of Tawny Port for Decanter. Let me tell you, it was a...
It seems to me to be more important than ever to shine a spotlight on Simplesmente Vinho, which has been a vital...
Having published Charles Symington’s 2019 Vintage Report last week, I now resume coverage of Vintage Port 2017. This seventh post about Vintage...
The Douro Valley has had a run of great vintages. Vintage Ports were declared in 2015 and, last week, I very much...
I’ve long been excited by the potential of Portugal’s wines, but I cannot remember a time when I’ve encountered so many thrilling...
I’m in the Dão all this week. It has been a terrific opportunity to get under the skin of a region which,...
It has been an exceptionally dry and hot year in Portugal. During my Australia trip, I was dismayed to pick up news...
The results of Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) are published online today. I’m thrilled that one of the Gold/Platinum winners which me...
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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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
Hi Geoff, The Wine Soc do one offs. Maybe try contacting Clarke Foyster, Carlos Lucas' importer? V best Sarah