When I visited Quinta de Soalheiro in April, I had a sneak preview of the 2016 releases, including a new, pioneering Alvarinho –...
Tag Archives: Vinho Verde
Niepoort regularly feature in my Wines of the Month and, once again, it’s with a new, surprising wine from their new and evolving...
A couple of weeks ago I was in Oporto for my first tasting and lunch at The Factory House, the bastion of...
Some producers are so compelling that you cannot resist a second bite at the cherry. On Monday, I caught up with António...
A week on Monday I’ll be presenting a Vinho Verde tasting for the press and trade over lunch at Skylon restaurant in...
As always, Wines of Portugal’s annual London tasting proved fertile ground for new finds and new vintages of familiar faces (palates). Here...
Today I head to the Douro with my Arblaster & Clarke Galicia, Vinho Verde, Douro tour clients. But, since we left Rias...
It has been hard to select my March wines of the month. This post comes hot on the heels of Simplesmente Vinho...
Portuguese wine’s bang for buck is often referenced. At both Select Indie Dinners in London and Manchester, leading independent retailers remarked on it....
This is the third vintage I’ve tasted of Yorkshireman Howard Bilton’s Alvarinho. This consistently sunny, tropical fruit-fest of an Alvarinho provides all...
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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It's terrifically consistent isn't it. Wishing you all v best too Paul. Sarah
Hi Sarah, Many thanks again for this one! Very happy to read Pintas VP '18 doesn't disappoint but shines like their VP '17! Wish you a