Tis the season to Vinho Verde and, while you can expect freshness to be the hallmark of each and every wine, I’ll...
Tag Archives: Portuguese wine tasting
I head off to Portugal on Monday for a week of visits with Simplesmente Vinho producers and, of course, the fair itself....
Much as I enjoy sharing my passion and expertise for Portuguese wines through writing, I’m very excited by two partnerships which I’ve...
I am thrilled to bits to be hosting Portuguese Wine School at Taberna do Mercado, starting next month. I first met Chef/patron Nuno...
Following this year’s Annual Portugal Tasting for the trade and press, Wines of Portugal are hosting a consumer tasting on the...
As part and parcel of D & D Restaurants’ Portuguese wine promotion next month, I’ll be hosting a five course dinner matched to...
Whenever Masterchef is televised, the creativity and presentation of dinner at home goes up a notch. As our kitchen worktop becomes “the...
In the fourth of my Iberian Nights at Trangallan Spain v Portugal vinous head-to-heads, we deviate from a regional theme to go...
It may not have escaped your attention from earlier blog posts that I am a fan of Trangallán. It’s easily the best...
Leading Portuguese wine magazine Revista de Vinhos hosts it’s 13th tasting of fine wines and flavours from 9-12 November in Centro de Congressos de Lisboa...
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