In a fruitful land known for its agriculture and cattle, an estate steeped in history produces wines of noble character Every winery has a story...
This wine, one of a selection of very good Portuguese wines enjoyed with my Christmas dinner last week, was unexpectedly the one that most impressed..
The last time I wrote about the Sauvignon Blanc from Quinta de Cidró I did not give it a very positive review. This was a..
Dão winemaker Carlos Lucas makes some very interesting wines, mostly under the Ribeiro Santo label. One of his most unusual is called ET, with an..
It’s not often that I am truly impressed with a red wine costing less than €10 retail price. But whilst shopping at the Auchan supermarket..
What is your idea of wine from Cyprus? Emva Cream sherry, maybe? Recently, a group of 14 Algarve Wine Society members decided to put aside..
Phaunus Pet Nat Rosé (Pet Nat means natural sparking) is indeed one very natural sparkling wine. It is produced by Aphros Wines of the Minho..
Last Sunday I found myself in the newly-rebranded Auchan supermarket of the Aqua Portimão shopping centre. Not much has changed apart from the name (it..
Casa Ferreirinha has just launched the new Barca Velha, the long-awaited Portuguese wine. Made from the 2008 harvest in the Douro Superior region, the predominant..
The Alentejo wine estate Herdade do Esporão recently presented the Murças VV47, its ninth Douro red and the ultimate expression of the terroir at Quinta dos..
Essential visited Casal de Santa Maria in Colares, Europe’s westernmost vineyard, where a German Baron decided to make wine at the tender age of 96..
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