I returned to London from the Douro/Oporto yesterday. But I’m far from done with Portugal. This week, I’m chairing the judging of...
Tag Archives: Vintage Port
It’s always a pleasure to catch up with the wines of Sandra Tavares da Silva and Jorge Serôdio Borges, this year tasting...
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Port is not just for Christmas, it’s for life! As my Niepoort tasting...
Following hot on the heels of my post about Quinta do Noval Vintage Port 2014 (and Nacional 2001, also just released), here’s...
“[W]e continue to follow our slightly eccentric path at Noval,” says Quinta do Noval’s MD Christian Seely. Not just with the declaration of a Vintage...
I caught up with Dirk Niepoort twice in April, first for the launch of a new Douro red, the improbably named Clos...
No cosy club in St James for last week’s launch of Graham’s 1972 Single Harvest Tawny Port. And not just because London’s...
Single Quinta Vintage Ports have been the focus of 2013 declarations, though their number include a couple of quintas which are accorded...
It’s a well known fact that Vintage Port represents a tiny fraction of overall Port production. After all, as a rule of...
Ten days and 21 pipes tells a story. Speed, speed, speed. Selection, selection, selection. With an Atlantic storm on the horizon, such...
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 Thomas - hoping, should the opportunity arise! Best Sarah
Dear Sarah Ahmed Are you planning or hoping to retaste/evaluate/update your view on 2011 Vintage Port at some stage ? Kind regards Thomas Stilling Denmark