Portugal

Travel tips Optimistically, we're reviving our Travel Tips section, in this case with James Mayor's look at what the port houses are...

Drinks not wine Porto-based writer James Mayor discovers a wine family's other favourite, home-grown drink. What does a wine producer drink at tea...

Free for all Holly Shaw sent in an introduction that went: ' Holly Shaw, DWS grew up in San Diego and moved to...

Free for all 3 June 2021 Now that many of us have tasted freedom from lockdown, we are republishing this article free in...

Tasting articles 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 Find this wine DNMC isn’t really an abbreviation but it...

Tasting articles An exceptional lesson learnt. A much-admired estate given a new look. We tend to think carelessly that red wines are...

Tasting articles Portugal's most famous table wine sees the light of day, at 10 years old. Barca Velha is such an iconic...

Wines of the week Discover the Vinho Verde revolution via a particularly appealing example. Alvarinho grapes are harvested in this distinctive green wine country...

Free for all James Mayor discovers how a fifth-generation digital native is shaking up one of the best-known port shippers in its 140th...

Free for all On International Women's Day writer and wine-tourism specialist James Mayor introduces five of Portugal's most accomplished wine producers. This could...

Travel tips A third account of a miraculous (in many senses) holiday over the turn of the year from Tam, pictured above...

Tasting articles A selection of some of the most exciting table wines in the world, from a region perhaps less threatened by...

Travel tips Last week Tam introduced us to her snatched holiday on the Atlantic island of Madeira. Now she gets down to...

Travel tips Between draconian travel restrictions, Tam managed to squeeze in a trip to Madeira over Christmas. This is the first of...

Tasting articles We hope we don't have to remind you of the potential of Portuguese table wines and grape varieties. Here is...