Evidently, Quinta do Monte Xisto in the Douro Superior is a precocious site. Planted between 2005 and 2006, the eponymous red –...
Tag Archives: Portuguese wines
A week in Portugal – two wine fairs, four days in Lisboa – threw up plenty of candidates for my March Wines...
I spent the last week in Portugal, judging at Revista de Vinhos’ Top 10 Portuguese Wines competition at Essência do Vinho Porto wine fair,...
The festive fun started early for me this year. And danced to a vinous tune. Portuguese with a hint of Brit. Curated...
The results of Decanter World Wine Awards have just been officially announced at London International Wine Fair (LIWF). Below you’ll find a...
Check out this old wine map of Portugal, from the 1950s apparently. There’s no mention of the Alentejo or Douro wine regions...
Congratulations to The Wine Society, who won the International Wine Challenge Portuguese Specialist of the Year Award 2012 this month. Featuring many of the...
Last Friday, Julia Harding MW’s 50 Great Portuguese Wines 2012 were unveiled. An exciting facet of this annual selection is that it...
The results of Decanter World Wine Awards were announced at London Wine Fair yesterday. My panel awarded the competition’s first trophy for...
They say that life’s too short to drink bad wine, less still to write about it too! With the exception of lesser...
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