Highlights: Mateus Nicolau de Almeida Trans-Douro-Express Cima Corgo 2022 Douro
I recently reviewed the amazing wines from Mateus Nicolau de Almeida. Douro with a difference, packaged in Riesling-style bottles, aiming
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Cas ‘Amaro, a growing wine tourism and winemaking project in several Portuguese regions
Website: https://www.casamaro.pt/en/index.php Cas ‘Amaro is an emerging winemaking and wine tourism powerhouse. They began in 2016 with the acquisition of
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The brilliant Douro wines of Mateus Nicolau de Almeida/Ameztoy & Almeida
Website: https://ameztoyalmeida.com/ Mateus Nicolau de Almeida is the son of the well known João Nicolau d’Almeida of Ramos Pinto fame,
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Reynolds Wine Growers: top wines from the cooler north of Portugal’s Alentejo
Website: https://reynoldswinegrowers.com/en/ Reynolds Wine Growers is a significant producer, with a 200 hectare farm in Figuera de Cima, with 40
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Highlights: Soalheiro Ag.hora Alvarinho 2022 Vinho Verde, Portugal
Soalheiro Ag.hora Alvarinho 2022 Vinho Verde, Portugal11.5% alcohol. A collaboration with Gio Chezade, from Georgia but now resident in Portugal.
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Highlights: Chão de São Francisco Chão do Vale Vinhas Velhas Branco 2022 Lafôes, Portugal
This is a really nice white old vine field blend from Lafoes, a small region tucked in the corner of
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Authentic Wines, a collaborative natural wine project from Portugal’s Lisboa region making wines under the Favonius label
Website: https://authenticwines.pt/ Authentic Wines is the name of the winery, while Favonius is the name they give to the wines.
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Revisiting the brilliant low-intervention wines of Espera, from Portugal’s Lisboa region
Website: https://www.esperawines.pt/en-gb Espera is a natural wine producer based in Alcobaça, in the Lisboa wine region of Portugal. Soils here are
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Highlights: Soalheiro Nature Pur Terroir Alvarinho 2022 Portugal
Really impressed by this fizz from Soalheiro in Vinho Verde. Soalheiro Nature Pur Terroir Alvarinho 2022 Vinho Espumante IG Minho,
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Alentejeo Spotlight: on the road in Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol with some interesting wines from this Portuguese region
I’ve just been on the road. Together with João Barroso, who heads up the Wines of Alentejo Sustainability Program (WASP),
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