As befits a company called Global Wines, the portfolio is huge, over the years spiralling to cover six Portuguese regions and San Francisco...
Tag Archives: Portuguese White wine
Since I first tasted his wines at Simplesmente Vinho in 2014, I’ve been keen to visit with António Madeira. He is a...
I’ve now tasted Wine & Soul’s latest releases twice and with both winemakers. With Jorge Serôdio Borges in Oporto in May, then...
The half is missing from the picture, but I could not have put it better myself. The eleven and a half vintage...
This current (November edition) of Decanter magazine reports on a panel tasting of ‘Best Buy’ (£8-25) Portuguese red wines, all of which...
It’s unusual for me to be writing about a young vintage from Bussaco Palace Hotel. On previous visits I’ve tasted impressive verticals,...
When I visited Quinta de Soalheiro in April, I had a sneak preview of the 2016 releases, including a new, pioneering Alvarinho –...
The usual order is wine then cork, but not in the case of José Silva, Miguel Cardozo and Pedro Coelho. The three...
As always, Wines of Portugal’s annual London tasting proved fertile ground for new finds and new vintages of familiar faces (palates). Here...
“The big change in the last 10 years in Portugal is whites,” says Rui Reguinga. A change so unexpected that, he admits,...
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 Thomas - hoping, should the opportunity arise! Best Sarah
Dear Sarah Ahmed Are you planning or hoping to retaste/evaluate/update your view on 2011 Vintage Port at some stage ? Kind regards Thomas Stilling Denmark