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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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See the guide to Julia's Portuguese marathon for further articles in the series – those already published and those set...
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One of the 1,000+ responses we were delighted to receive to our recent survey included this short answer to the...
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On 2 March 2011 Julia was chosen as the winner of the Journalism Award by the British Association of Portuguese...
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The third article in Julia's Portuguese marathon series focuses on the largest geographical region, the Alentejo, and includes no fewer...
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While researching her selection of Top 50 Portuguese wines, Julia tasted extensively in both Portugal and London. We continue her...
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Albariño in Spain or Alvarinho in Portugal is a white wine grape grown in both countries. For Galicia in Spain...
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Last week I was honoured, quite literally, by Portugal. At an early evening reception in his beautiful house in Belgrave...
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This is the second (the first was Lisboa) in a series of articles that are the fruit of many tastings...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. It was a very cosmopolitan gathering around the dinner table in...
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19 Sep - Please note that we mistakenly omitted 20 wines from this collection of reviews when we published it...
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From €6.50, 14 Swiss francs, £9.59, 109 Swedish krone, 140 Norwegian krone Find this wine Talk about serendipity. At the...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. Last year the UK was beaten...
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At last, after nine months of tasting, tasting and more tasting, I am proud to present my top 50 Portuguese...
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I heard the shocking and sad news of David Booth's death on Tuesday evening. You only had to meet him...
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I first came across the glamorous Julia Kemper (fetchingly pictured by weinplus.com) when in Portugal...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times.
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