How true it is that writing about wine tempts you to adopt a lifestyle you cannot afford. There’s no better case in point...
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It seemed strangely appropriate to taste Graham’s Ne Oublie in the midst of a raging storm – thunder, lightening, rain like stair-rods. ...
I’ve christened today Fladgate Day. Why? Well first thing I received an email about the 1863 Single Harvest Tawny Port (my notes from...
Very Old Tawny Ports are a growing category, albeit by their very nature niche. Barros recently joined the frey with a limited...
I promised to follow up last week’s report (here) on my first impressions of New Douro releases (mostly 2010 reds and 2009...
Wine & Soul 5G Five Generations Very Old Port (a Tawny Port) was laid down by Jorge Serôdio Borges’ great-great-grandfather. It was...
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...
My posts about Taylor’s Scion (here and here) have been very popular, so I thought readers would be interested to know that...
You might remember that, in May, I reported on a tawny blending masterclass with Taylor’s Master Blender Natasha Bridge (pictured) – a great...
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