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Lisboa's wine regions and producers, part 1
A tour of this underappreciated and sometimes misrepresented Portuguese wine region. Today, we cover the northern half – Encostas d’Aire, Alcobaça and Óbidos – come back tomorrow for the south...
Julia Harding MW
• 2 min read
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Lisboa by the bottle
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...
Julia Harding MW
• 1 min read
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Port, for many of us, is inextricably related to weather. In England, it is strictly a seasonal drink, to be...
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Portuguese wine writer Maria João de Almeida sat me down in my garden at the end of last month and...
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Luís Pato, the famously idiosyncratic producer based in the Bairrada region, has been appointed vice president of the official government...
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Here's a complement to Great wines from Portugal published earlier this week.
This line up of venerable Dão wines, whites...
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From €7.27, £7.99, 16.40 Swiss francs, $14.98, Aus$26.29, Ca$23 Find this wine This week’s wine is a seriously fine offering...
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See also Good old Dão, Julia's notes on a retrospective tasting. It is so sad that top-quality Portuguese wine is...
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These wines were shown at a ‘New Douro’ tasting in London at the end of October. UK importers and occasionally...
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Find this wine. Ensaios means ‘experiments’ in Portuguese but this wine seems less an experiment – with possible connotations of...
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Find this wine Full-bodied, oaked, perfumed whites from Portugal are not ten a penny. The highly unusual Esporão Reserva Branco...
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See earlier articles about Portuguese whites here and here . Listed below in alphabetical order of producer (sur)name are my...
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Wines of Portugal are creating a fantastic opportunity to taste a wide range of Portuguese wines – and visitors to...
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What stands out in this collection of 50 great Portuguese table wines chosen by my UK wine writer colleague Simon...
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Find this wine Looking for a dry white wine with real personality? One that inhabits a different firmament from that...
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Buy this wine A cheap Portuguese pink with a silly name and a screwcap? Have I taken leave of my...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. See also my full tasting notes...
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Here, in the order served, are my tasting notes on all the wines included in the fascinating tasting of Portuguese...
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