This current (November edition) of Decanter magazine reports on a panel tasting of ‘Best Buy’ (£8-25) Portuguese red wines, all of which...
Tag Archives: Portuguese Red Wine
Last month, I visited with Baga Friends. We kicked off with a tasting at Sidónio de Sousa, which is the name of...
It’s unusual for me to be writing about a young vintage from Bussaco Palace Hotel. On previous visits I’ve tasted impressive verticals,...
The usual order is wine then cork, but not in the case of José Silva, Miguel Cardozo and Pedro Coelho. The three...
Readers will know that Mouchão is a favourite Alentejo producer. Last week I found another fan in Max Graham, founder of London’s...
During my January visit with João Afonso of Cabeças do Reguengo and Rui Reguinga of Terrenus, we tasted a mini-vertical of red wines from...
To be labelled Portalegre DOC, wines must be vinified in Portalegre as well as made from local fruit. It’s a bone of...
In 2009, the same year that I first visited Alentejo’s Portalegre sub-region, wine writer and former ballet dancer João Afonso acquired a...
A cool August and September’s unsettled weather are evident in the freshness of Quinta do Crasto’s 2014 Douro reds and Vintage Port...
I was pleased to hear that Sogrape is now distributing its brands in the UK through Liberty Wines. I know the importer very...
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 Donna - lucky you, living in Sintra and close to Bairrada. So much going on. And thanks for your feedback too -
Hi Sarah, I so enjoyed finding this, what great wine writing! I had all but given up reading wine blogs, laden as they are with […]