It’s a good long while since I visited Júlio Bastos/Dona Maria’s beautiful estate and converted old winery with its marble lagares in Estremoz,...
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I was going to say first taste, but in fact Susana Esteban submitted them for the highly successful Decanter panel (blind) tasting of...
Following up on Wednesday’s review of an absolutely stunning bottle of Barca Velha 1981, here’s a reminder of this Douro icon’s history....
During this year’s Wines of Portugal Sommelier Quest tour in northern Portugal, my sommelier charges were desperate to know what Barca...
Luis Sottomayor was in London earlier this month to present a vertical of Casa Ferreirinha Quinta da Leda. The Douro Superior estate has...
When I visited last May, the prow of Quinta da Boavista’s mighty terraced walls and its bulwark of Grade A, steeply raked...
I arrive in South Australia’s capital, Adelaide today. As for Portugal’s capital, Lisboa, the long, skinny wine region which takes its name...
The focus at Herdade de São Miguel, a family-owned but sizeable estate, is on delivering great value. But it’s not the only way...
Vallado means “big valley.” As anyone who has taken Quinta do Vallado’s vintage Land Rover white knuckle tour to the top of...
My Australian quest for Pinosity took me to the country’s Grenache heartland, South Australia – specifically McLaren Vale and the Barossa. In...
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 […]