The Douro Valley has had a run of great vintages. Vintage Ports were declared in 2015 and, last week, I very much...
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It has been an exceptionally dry and hot year in Portugal. During my Australia trip, I was dismayed to pick up news...
In my fourth write up of 2015 Vintage Port I review cask samples of Symington Family Estates’ releases from Dow’s, Quinta do...
Ten days and 21 pipes tells a story. Speed, speed, speed. Selection, selection, selection. With an Atlantic storm on the horizon, such...
On the crest of The Wine Spectator Top 100 wave, both Bruno Prats and the Symington family have been in London these...
Hot off the press here is Paul Symington’s Douro vintage report. A couple of his comments chime with observations made by fellow...
Sip & Savour indeed! Monday’s Symington Family Estates wine tasting and lunch at Alyn Williams at The Westbury proved an enormous success if I say...
I received an email yesterday from Quinta do Crasto’s Miguel Roquette with some pics (above and below) of Quinta da Cabreira in bloom. They...
Despite its showman-style billing as “an opportunity to see the Douro terroir in a way that has not been seen before,” there...
Following on from Monday’s 2011 vintage report focused on Portuguese table wines, here’s Symington Family Estates’ Douro vintage report for this year. ...
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 AhmedAre you planning or hoping to retaste/evaluate/update your view on 2011 Vintage Port at some stage ?Kind regardsThomas StillingDenmark