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Portuguese collection autumn 2025 – sparkling, white and rosé
What Julia does when she has (almost) finished work. The five months since my last Portuguese collections have passed in a whirl, between working on the maps of the 9th...
Julia Harding MW
Wednesday 12 November 2025
• 22 min read
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Hugo Mendes, Curtimenta 2023 Lisboa
Julia Harding MW
Friday 12 September 2025
• 1 min read
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WWC25 – An ode to Vinhão, by Lisa Graziano
Guest contributor
Thursday 21 August 2025
• 1 min read
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Every year we publish tasting notes on the latest primeur releases of the single-vineyard (Sélections Parcellaires) wines of the energetic...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times in 2009. 9 May 2014 -...
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From €5.75, 12.50 Swiss francs, £11.95 Find the 2012 white Find the 2011 white Find the 2011 red I do...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times . Belgrave Square is one of...
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There was a real buzz at the recent New Douro tasting at the Portuguese embassy in London. The tasting spilled...
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'This could be a turning point', said Dirk Niepoort at the Baga Friends tasting in London. 'For Baga?', I asked...
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There are various landscapes that get under your skin. I've been on safari in southern Africa only once and for...
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See this guide to our autumn collections. The well over 200 wines below are presented with Spain first and then...
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I had the great pleasure of spending time in the magical Douro Valley recently, concentrating on improving my acquaintance with...
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For the background to this Alentejo trip, see The Alentejo on a plate. See also Richard's article on the cork...
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For the background to this Alentejo trip, see The Alentejo on a plate. The tasting notes for the wines made...
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This is the first of three articles by Tam on this captivating southern Portuguese region. See the tasting notes and...
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See Our collected works – a guide. There are almost as many wines reviewed in this collection as in yesterday's...
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This is the final leg of Julia's Portuguese marathon. See this guide for all the other articles in the series...
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See the guide to Julia's Portuguese marathon for further articles in the series – those already published and those set...
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See the guide to Julia's Portuguese marathon for further articles in the series – those already published and those set...
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