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Latterly Sandeman Port House’s most distinguished offerings have been their highly acclaimed Tawny Ports – take Sandeman 30 Year Old Tawny Port...
Last month I sat down for lunch with two winemaking generations of the Nicola de Almeida family. And I tasted the work...
Though founded in 1638, I’m told Kopke was officially acknowledged to be the oldest Port brand in 1940. It’s best known for...
Very Old Tawny Ports are a growing category, albeit by their very nature niche. Barros recently joined the frey with a limited...
Last year I reported on a flurry of esoteric and very exclusive wood-aged Port wine releases. At €2,500, Taylor’s Scion set the...
With the festive season & Waitrose’s current (but be quick) 25% off deal in mind, here are my super-seasonal Wines of the Month: Graham’s...
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...
This was a thrilling, very privileged tasting which Bento Amaral, Chief of the Board of Tasters of the IVDP, introduced with the words“the sum...
In the last year or so, there’s been a flurry of esoteric Port releases, notably Taylor’s Scion (see here) and Dalva Golden...
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