I’m glad I got my fix of fortifieds at Friday’s Big Fortified Tasting. Sitting next to a table judging Port and Madeira...
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It’s great that this “does what it says on the tin” trade tasting looks set to become a permanent annual fixture. My only...
Rutherglen in North East Victoria probably has Australia’s best known cluster of fortified wine producers. It fielded some of the region’s finest...
Nine out of 10 vegetarians miss bacon and I still hanker after BLT sandwiches. Happily a similar new acronym, BFT – short...
The Wine Spectator has recently awarded 100 points to 2 fortified wines that couldn’t be more different: Dow 2007 vintage port (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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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