A week in Portugal – two wine fairs, four days in Lisboa – threw up plenty of candidates for my March Wines...
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With 101 producers showing their wares at Simplesmente Vinho 2018, up from 84 in 2017 (and just 16 in 2013), Portugal’s alternative...
Following on from my 5th March over-view post about Simplesmente Vinho – its aims and trends – this post reports on the...
This Oporto alternative wine fair remains one of my very favourite fixtures of the year. And the happiest of hunting grounds for...
I was sorry to miss Simplesmente Vinho wine fair in Oporto last year. And excited to get re-acquainted this year – especially at the...
It has been hard to select my March wines of the month. This post comes hot on the heels of Simplesmente Vinho...
I’m just back from Simplesmente Vinho 2015 in Oporto, a showcase for artisanal producers, wine artists and vignerons from Portugal (with a...
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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