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Portuguese collection autumn 2025 – sparkling, white and rosé
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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3 June 2021 Now that many of us have tasted freedom from lockdown, we are republishing this article free in...
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Our Portugal specialist over-delivers again.
Here, once again (see Where Portugal is now – reds, Where Portugual is now –...
Wines of the week
From €9.50, $15.99, £16, 189.90 Norwegian kroner, 146.90 Brazilian reais
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DNMC isn’t really an abbreviation but it...
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An exceptional lesson learnt. A much-admired estate given a new look.
We tend to think carelessly that red wines are...
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Discover the Vinho Verde revolution via a particularly appealing example. Alvarinho grapes are harvested in this distinctive green wine country...
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Portugal's most famous table wine sees the light of day, at 10 years old.
Barca Velha is such an iconic...
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James Mayor discovers how a fifth-generation digital native is shaking up one of the best-known port shippers in its 140th...
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On International Women's Day writer and wine-tourism specialist James Mayor introduces five of Portugal's most accomplished wine producers. This could...
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A selection of some of the most exciting table wines in the world, from a region perhaps less threatened by...
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A third account of a miraculous (in many senses) holiday over the turn of the year from Tam, pictured above...
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Last week Tam introduced us to her snatched holiday on the Atlantic island of Madeira. Now she gets down to...
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Between draconian travel restrictions, Tam managed to squeeze in a trip to Madeira over Christmas. This is the first of...
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We hope we don't have to remind you of the potential of Portuguese table wines and grape varieties. Here is...
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From €7.16, $11.99, £10.45, CA$24.99 Find this wine It seems a little out-of-kilter to be recommending a rosé in the...
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Jumbo Shrimp Guide to Italian Wine
Lyka Caparas, Jacopo Fanciulli...
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Madeira, the cure-all wine.
From £18.99, €24.70, 733 Ukrainian hryvnia (50 cl), CA$49.08, AU$57.25, 948 Czech koruna, $42.99, 5,115 Japanese...
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