The new Madeira Wine Company releases from Blandys and Cossart Gordon include some real gems. The younger wines were more expressive several...
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Sandeman is renowned for its Tawny Ports with an indication of age, namely its 10-, 20-, 30- and 40-Year-Old Aged Tawnies. It...
I am just back from hectic but highly productive travels to Bairrada to celebrate International Baga Day (21st May), Porto Santo in...
You can take the man out of Portugal, but you can’t take Portugal out of the man. And so it is for...
For the fourth year in a row, the Douro has produced Vintage Port quality. Of those samples I’ve received, the declarations are...
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...
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