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Portugal Annual tasting 12 & 13th April – tips for the trade & consumers
Today I’m preparing for tomorrow’s Annual Portugal Trade Tasting at Lords cricket ground, where I’ll be presenting “short-burst” tastings on the hour from 12 noon to highlight key trends. Consumers get a head start between 6-8.30pm tonight and, if you haven’t booked tickets already (see here), you can pay on the door and take your [...]
Continue reading...100 point fortifieds: Dow 2007 & Campbells Rare Rutherglen Muscat Merchant Prince
Posted Wednesday 7th April 2010
The Wine Spectator has recently awarded 100 points to 2 fortified wines that couldn’t be more different: Dow 2007 vintage port (a personal favourite from this elegant vintage – see here) and the non-vintage, solera-aged Campbells Rare Rutherglen Muscat Merchant Prince – apparently the first Australian wine to get the perfect score from The Wine [...]
Continue reading...Portuguese Annual Wine Awards 2010
Posted Friday 12th February 2010
Yesterday’s 50 Great Portugese Wines tasting went swimmingly – great to see so many producers supporting the event and to taste the wines, all together for the first time. I’ll let the previous incumbent, Jamie Goode, bang the drum for it – some great pics on his blog too here. Last night a little sadly, [...]
Continue reading...Eating humble pie
Posted Monday 31st August 2009
August has been the humble pie season and I’ve had a double-helping! First, I said I’d never blog and here I am, writing my first blog! Second, I ditched my street cred, borrowed Sir Cliff Richard’s biography from my local library (really!) and headed out to his Algarve winery, Adega do Cantor, for an uncorked/unplugged [...]
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Posted Monday 12th April 2010
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