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Azenhas do Mar, Portugal
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The wines of this Portuguese region are emerging from the shadows of their history. Above, Azenhas do Mar in Colares. Come back tomorrow for wine reviews and producer details. Four...

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Inside information In response to a request via your turn, I offer the following list of UK merchants are likely to make...
Inside information Grrrrr. My old friend Simon Staples, Berry Bros' ebullient sales supremo, has been at it again – huffing and puffing...
Inside information Jeannie Cho Lee sends the following news-packed report from Hong Kong. More and more Bordeaux producers seem to be tempted...
Inside information Who would have thought it? Pinot turns out to be related to Syrah or, to take it out of the...
Inside information Last night’s re-run of the famous Judgment of Paris 1976 California v Bordeaux tasting was, much to general surprise, another...
Inside information The Marchese de’ Frescobaldi, prominent Florentine noblemen since the 13 th century, have turned to perhaps the most obvious source...
Inside information Rules prohibiting British wine retailers from selling American wines stronger than 15 per cent, as reported in High alcohol wines...
Inside information There seem to be a lot of discounts at the moment chez the UK retail chain Oddbins – notably on...
Inside information Prices of 2005 bordeaux are starting to come out more convincingly than the trickle of early chancers. J P Moueix...
Inside information It’s still early days in our Bordeaux schedule but I can say that the single most memorable wine tasted yesterday...
Inside information I tasted a wide range of Irma Fingal Rock’s wines again earlier this week and was not quite so bowled...
Inside information Spent yesterday in Ampuis celebrating Marcel Guigal’s elevation as Decanter Man of the Year 2006. High points included tasting the...
Inside information Yesterday I was asked to give a tutored tasting entitled Cutting Edge Wines from Spain at the annual generic Spanish...
Inside information A recent look at the top red bordeaux of 1996 suggests they are much less obdurate than the 1986s with...
Inside information Last Friday I took part in a thoroughly enjoyable tasting of about 50 of the best right bank and Pessac-Léognan...
Inside information This year’s Pol Roger Oxbridge Wine Tasting Challenge, held today at the Oxford & Cambridge Club in London (yes, very...
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