Last week's London tasting of the newly released crop of vintage ports, the 2007s, was held in a sort of transitional passageway at The Foreign Press Association in Carlton House Terrace. The...

In 2007 vintage ports - Part 1 Richard Hemming reported on a recent showing of these exciting new wines made by Adrian Bridge of The Fladgate Partnership (Croft, Delaforce, Fonseca, Taylor's),...

See Part 2 , my notes on 36 2007 vintage ports - JR Three port companies - Fladgate, Symington and Noval - shared a room last week to declare the 2007 vintage and offer previews of...

Proud parents of toddlers born in 2007 need worry no more about what to lay down for their offspring to commemorate the year of their birth. The Symingtons kicked off open season for declarations...

The Fladgate Partnership, owners of Taylor’s, Fonseca, Croft and Delaforce ports, report on what they consider to be an excellent vintage in the Douro. Despite heavy summer rainfall,...

Not Nick but Jancis on food this time in fact. This Twitter/tweeting business is getting to me.  Always being asked, as you are on Twitter, to reveal 'What are you doing now?'...

Symington Family Estates, owners of Graham's, Dow's, Warre's, Quinta do Vesuvio and Smith Woodhouse in the Douro region of Portugal (as well as Blandy's in Madeira), has sent the following vintage...

Charles Symington, who oversees the vineyards and winemaking for the Symington Family Estates (which includes Graham’s, Dow’s and Warre’s), sent this report on how the harvest is progressing...