Sarah Ahmed – The Wine Detective

Madeira relief fund

The Specialist Importers Trade Tasting usually provides me with a chance to catch up with Ricardo Diogo V. Freitas, third generation winemaker at Barbeito. He’s a human dynamo and my visit in 2007 (reported here) swiftly dispelled any the notion that Madeira is all pipe and slippers. Well, you may have guessed that Ricardo didn’t [...]

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