This year’s travels ended as they started, with a vibrant wine fair – Amphora Day at Herdade do Rocim in Alentejo. ...
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Ten years ago, I spent a week in Alentejo. In my subsequent report (here), I remarked how this visit reinforced what a...
Talha wines – wines fermented on skins in amphorae in Alentejo – have grown like topsy since 2015, when I spent a fascinating...
Unimpressed by house wine? Perhaps you’ve yet to experience the real thing. I did on Friday. Wines made with intense love using...
Herdade do Rocim’s winery could not be more modern. Nor could the first of their wines which I tasted – the heavyweight...
Last week leading natural wine specialist Les Caves de Pyrene presented their first “Feats of Clay” tasting dedicated to wines aged in...
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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Great wrap-up on one of the most challenging vintages in living memory (for so many reasons). Thanks for sharing the stories and more about the amazing
Hi Sarah, great post, thank you very much! Looking forward to the other announced ones! Hope you are also going to review Pintas VP '18