Last month, I discovered that the Dão’s certification tasting panel is super tough. Nobre (noble) status – the highest accolade which can...
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Visceral, yet ethereal. Such is the contradiction of fine Madeira, especially for Frasqueira or Vintage examples, which must be aged in cask...
Much as I enjoy sharing my passion and expertise for Portuguese wines through writing, I’m very excited by two partnerships which I’ve...
Since I first tasted his wines at Simplesmente Vinho in 2014, I’ve been keen to visit with António Madeira. He is a...
I am thrilled to bits to be hosting Portuguese Wine School at Taberna do Mercado, starting next month. I first met Chef/patron Nuno...
I’m in the Dão all this week. It has been a terrific opportunity to get under the skin of a region which,...
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...
Luis Pato is, with good reason, synonymous with Baga. I was fortunate to taste his very first 1980 release of Baga...
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