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My top five wines of the year: Portugal

Posted Thursday 30th December 2010

The end of the year is an opportunity to reflect on which wines made the most lasting impression. On Tuesday and Wednesday, I revealed my top five Australian and Loire wines. Today it’s Portugal’s turn. Five wines might seem fairly paltry after the unveiling of My 50 Great Portuguese Wines 2010 in February. This selection was finalised last December since when [...]

Currais, that’s a good deal! Nick Dobson Wines’ discount

Posted Sunday 20th June 2010

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Nick Dobson Wines list some of my favourite Portuguese producers, Quinta dos Currais and Joao Brito e Cunha. Throughout June they’re offering 7.5% off wines when you spend £250+, 10% off when you spend £500+. Enter coupon code “june2010offer” in the checkout. You’ll find my Currais and Joao Brito e Cunha tasting notes here and here. Currais Red Reserve 2003 (a [...]

50 Great Portuguese Wines – passing the baton

Posted Thursday 17th June 2010

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Last January marked the start of my quest to select 50 Great Portuguese Wines 2010 and I’ve loved every minute of the journey: several trips to Portugal, a ton of tasting and, this year, presenting the fruits of my labour in London, Manchester and Edinburgh, yesterday’s final stop. Scotland is home to next year’s incumbent, [...]

Drum roll…my 50 Great Portuguese Wines

Posted Thursday 11th February 2010

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Now that it’s official, I can reveal the identity of my 50 Great Portuguese Wines below! Intrigued? Click here and, on my Portugal Regional Report page, you’ll find introductory text about my 50 Great quest under the 50 Great Portuguese Wines 2010 link, together with details about what informed my choices and tasting notes for [...]

Sampling Portugal head to toe, including a couple from Colares, Alvaro Castro, Anselmo Mendes, Soalheiro and some new names…

Posted Sunday 7th February 2010

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I’ve been maintaining a steady drip feed of reports about Portugal – the fruit of my tasting labours this last year in pursuit of my quest to select 50 Great Portuguese Wines. Reports have been based on producer visits, wine shows, a tasting at Lisbon’s Sala Ogival pictured (which is open to the public) and, [...]