Three Vintage 2022 Ports from Taylor and Fonseca including a new bottling called Sentinels
As a vintage, 2022 was heading for disaster – it was just so dry. Between November 2021 and February 2022
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Portugal
Highlights: Cartuxa Tinto Colheita 2020 Alentejo, Portugal
Website: https://www.cartuxa.pt/en/ I had this wine one evening last week when I was lecturing at the university in Vila Real.
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The wines of Sidónio de Sousa, Bairrada
Bairrada is one of Portugal’s most interesting wine regions, specialising in reds from Baga, but also some really good sparkling
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The Symington Vintage Port Day: celebrating the pinnacle from the Douro, looking at 2022, 2003, 1985 and 1963
Vintage Port is the pinnacle wine of the Douro. Made from top vineyard sites in the best years, it is
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Honrado: an exciting Alentejo project combining enotourism, traditional gastronomy and talha wine
Website: https://www.honrado.pt/ The south of the Alentejo wine region in Portugal is currently home to an exciting revival of traditional
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XXVI Talhas: a remarkable winery in the Alentejo working only with old clay vessels
Website: https://www.xxvi-talhas.pt/ Ricardo Sanios is the dude behind XXVI Talhas, which is based in Vidigueira (it’s pronounced ‘vin-say-sh tal-yas’ if
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The wines of Luis Pato, Bairrada, Portugal
Website: http://www.luispato.com/ Luis Pato (which is Portuguese for ‘duck’) is probably the best-known producer in the Bairrada region. For a
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Portuguese wines in the UK: Portugal makes gains in independent wine merchants
June 2024 was a month focusing on Portuguese wines in independent wine merchants. For three few weeks I did a
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Highlights: Ag.Hora Loureiro Gio Chezade x Soalheiro 2020 Vinho Verde, Portugal
So impressed by this wine! I tried it a while back, then bought a bottle and recently cracked it, and
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Restaurants: Nuno Mendes’ exceptional Cozinha das Flores in Porto
Website: https://cozinhadasflores.com/ I went twice in two nights to Cozinha das Flores. It was that good. The first time was
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