A week on Monday I’ll be presenting a Vinho Verde tasting for the press and trade over lunch at Skylon restaurant in...
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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...
I’m looking forward to catching up with Sarah Knowles MW and Joanna Locke MW next month to catch up with The Wine...
Earlier this month, I was asked for Alvarinho suggestions for a venerable private members club. How nice to see Alvarinho achieving wider...
It is some time since I visited Quinta de Paços – 2009 – but I have regularly tasted this family-owned estate’s Vinho...
This year’s The Wine Society annual blind Wine Champions tasting includes two Vinho Verdes from Anselmo Mendes, both of which I’ve tasted this...
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 Fiona. Thanks for your comment. So they bottle it too? Nice for you! V best Sarah
Great article - thanks ! I bought a case of Antao Vaz Talha wine from Pais das Uvas earlier this year and feel like opening