I am going single varietal this month. It’s not unusual with Australia – especially having just been at at Riesling Downunder, where I...
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First Drop’s Matt Gant and John Retsas unashamedly focus on “slurpability.” Bang on trend in terms of drinkability, if rather different from...
Generally speaking, I’m a fan of Portugal’s tradition of varietal blending, however this month’s Wines of the Month are two exquisite examples...
http://www.https://thewinedetective.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/douro-nov-2012-050.jpg Last week I wrote up a pair of altitude-specific Douro wines from Duorum who, for the first time, will participate in...
Lunching at “equal billing” for vegetables Grain Store at the weekend (great veggie Scotch egg; braised cauliflower main a misfire) reminded me how...
With the Varsity Blind Wine Tasting Match coming up at the end of February, Oxford University Blind Tasting Society are champing at the...
I’m just back from Oporto and, invited to dinner with a winemaker who loves to blind taste, took the opportunity to “take...
Neither Quinta do Crasto nor Quinta do Portal release single varietal wines every year. In fact Crasto last released a single varietal...
I’ve not visited Quinta Vale Das Escadinhas/Quinta da Falorca, but their wines were a stand out at a generic Dão tasting I...
Presented my final tasting of the year last night. A couple of the wines, Innocent Bystander Moscato (pictured) and St Hallett Gamekeeper’s...
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