Autumn in a glass. That’s Tawny Port for you. I’ve had two great examples last month, both of which are more...
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Tasting Graham’s 90 Very Old Tawny Port last week took me back to tasting Ne Oublie, the finest Very Old Tawny yet...
“The idea came from the other end of the table,” said Graham’s Paul Symington, gesturing at Simon Berry (pictured), Chair of Berry...
Taylor’s started launching 50 year old Single Harvest Ports last year with the 1964. Last week I sampled the follow up vintages...
Ramos Pinto Duas Quintas Tinto 2011 (Douro DOC) This year the Duas Quintas brand is 25 years old. It was one of...
It has been something of a nostalgia trip mentoring/judging at Oddbins The Palate these last two years. It doesn’t feel so very...
No cosy club in St James for last week’s launch of Graham’s 1972 Single Harvest Tawny Port. And not just because London’s...
Never before has poker shared a thought bubble with Port. Not in my head anyway. But royal flush sprang to mind when...
My modus operandi at The Big Fortified Tasting is to scan the catalogue for new (to me) releases, my first focus. And...
How true it is that writing about wine tempts you to adopt a lifestyle you cannot afford. There’s no better case in point...
Pico, the Azores – the Santorini of Portugal? I have to admit that I’d thought of the Azores…
One of the wine world’s great bargains: 2011… A few years ago Luis Sottomayer (Head winemaker for Casa Ferreirinha and…
2011 Vintage Ports round up – 35 Ports reviewed I'm wary of being reductive but, if there's a phrase…
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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
Hi Geoff, The Wine Soc do one offs. Maybe try contacting Clarke Foyster, Carlos Lucas' importer? V best Sarah