The following 88 notes were taken in the Douro in the July heat of high summer, where heavyweight reds are hardly the order of the day. Much more impressive, then, that they all seemed so...

Portuguese table wines are a mystery – to most non-Portuguese anyway. This is a great shame as Portugal has many unique attributes as a wine producer, not least its dazzling range of...

  find this wine   I went to a tasting of hundreds of exported and exportable Portuguese wines the other day and was knocked out by how sophisticated some of the top reds...

Family strife is everywhere. Once confined to, but the raison d’etre of, literature, it now seems to dominate our tv screens, radio and newsprint – not to mention many more private lives. But...

Arthur Black, Indianapolis: I have a Portugal question for you. I understand that there are now nine Vinho Regional areas in Portugal. I have only been able to identify what I think are eight...

Rodrigo Mainardi, Brazil: I've created a new recipe that turned out quite well. In a saucepan with butter you put some chopped leeks. After they've fried for a while you add Cognac, let it...

Rodrigo Mainardi, Brazil: I was very happy to receive, as a gift, a bottle of Palace Hotel...

Faine waine dinner in London in February On 26 February 2004 the Civil Engineers' wine club is organising a fine wine dinner at Michelin-starred Pied à Terre in Charlotte Street, London...