This week I’ve at last made it out to Lisbon to judge at the Concorso Nacional de Vinho 2012. No problems with...
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Today, the judging process kicks off for Decanter World Wine Awards. Once again I’m Regional Chair for Portuguese table wines and, this year,...
I knew that the Douro was having unseasonal weather, but it really sank in last week when, each morning, I awoke to...
Sogrape is Portugal’s biggest producer. When I say its portfolio is wide-ranging, there’s no better way to lift that off the page...
I’m a staunch supporter of Portugal’s native grape varieties. With over 450, why stray elsewhere? But even I have to admit that Quinta da...
Earlier this year, the Symington family announced that, following the reduction of their shareholding in the Madeira Wine Company, the Blandy family would regain...
Last night I presented a tasting of Portuguese wines for the Caistor branch of Yorkshire Sommeliers. Our final wine and favourite red...
After a solid week of tasting Portuguese wines for Decanter World Wine Awards, I got withdrawal symptoms last night and what better than...
Next month at the Wines of Portugal Conference, the focus will be on Touriga Nacional, widely touted as Portugal’s flagship variety. The...
Visting a leading Vinho Verde producer last Sunday, I was almost embarrassed to admit that my experience of sardines thus far has...
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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