Hand-picked Portuguese gems

Henrique Cizeron

A selection of Portugal's best, most of them available from Festa's online shop, were shown off in London this summer. They are worth seeking out wherever you are. Above, Henrique Cizeron, who made two of Julia's favourite white wines below.

Is there no end to the joy and brilliance of Portugal's wines and the creativity of its winemakers? Absolutely not.

I taste Portuguese wines all the time and yet this selection, tasted mainly at the ground-breaking wine-plus-food-and-music event organised earlier this year by Bar Douro's Max Graham and wine writer Sarah Ahmed (who also happens to be our...