The wines of Muxagat, from Portugal’s Douro region
It was back in 2002 that João Nicolau de Almeida and Eduardo Lopes began Muxagat, a terroir project based the
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Douro
Quinta do Noval deep dive: latest releases and more from this important Douro estate
Head to the Douro and then make your way to Vale Mendiz in the Pinhão Valley, you’ll find one of
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Wine & Soul: Pintas and Manoella from Portugal’s Douro
Website: https://wineandsoul.com/ Jorge Borges and Sandra Tavares have built something special with Wine & Soul. I first bumped into them
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Quinta da Pedra Alta, a new Douro star, with consultant winemaker Matt Gant
Website: https://www.qpa.pt/ Matt Gant is a winemaker from Western Australia, but previously he was based in the Barossa, where he
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Drinking with Douro star Tiago Alves de Sousa: a solera red, a high-end rosé, and a stunning (rare) Vintage Port
While I was in Vila Real in the Douro, doing some teaching at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alta Douro,
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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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Quinta do Poeta, a new Douro winery
The poet in question is Fausto José dos Santos Júnior (1903-1975), who was born in Aldeia de Cima in the
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Highlights: Maçanita Vinhos Letra F Vinho de Mistura 2022, Douro Valley, Portugal
Letra F refers to the last letter in the grade for the categorization system for port grapes in the Douro,
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Highlights: three vintages of the Cedro do Noval Branco
When it comes to table wines, we tend to think of the Douro as a red wine region, but it’s
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Herdade do Rocim and friends: the wines of Pedro Ribeiro
Website: https://rocim.pt/en/ With the wines of Herdade do Rocim and his own project Bojador, as well as a string of
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