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Celebrating International Port Day with some new releases & fair maidens
It’s International Port Day today (click here for details). Ironically, I’m in the throes of packing my bags for the International Cool Climate Conference in Tasmania! But I didn’t want the day to pass without a word on Port, a unique wine style from one of the most exciting wine regions in the world, the Douro, [...]
Nick Dobson clearance at massive discounts: includes top Portuguese wines & the UK’s widest range of Swiss wines
I was really sorry to receive a press release this morning about the closure of Nick Dobson Wines due to ill-health. Nick is a member of the Association of Small Direct Wine Merchants and a great example of what the independent trade do so well, selling otherwise hard to come by wines, including wines from [...]
