Luis Pato is one of the most innovative and impish Portuguese producers, even if he is far from one of the youngest. Indeed, he is old enough to have…
14 Jul 2014 Jancis Robinson
'This could be a turning point', said Dirk Niepoort at the Baga Friends tasting in London. 'For Baga?', I asked. 'For Baga, for Bairrada and for…
12 Feb 2014 Julia Harding MW
See the guide to Julia's Portuguese marathon for further articles in the series – those already published and those set for publication this…
12 Mar 2013 Julia Harding MW
Luís Pato, the famously idiosyncratic producer based in the Bairrada region, has been appointed vice president of the official government wine…
28 Jul 2009 Jancis RobinsonFind this wine. Ensaios means ‘experiments’ in Portuguese but this wine seems less an experiment – with possible connotations of a work in…
19 Aug 2008 Julia Harding MWFind this wine Looking for a dry white wine with real personality? One that inhabits a different firmament from that populated by the…
31 Jul 2007 Jancis RobinsonLong-term purple pagers will already have read my enthusiastic tasting notes on Luis Pato’s 2001s, no longer made within the constraints of the…
27 Aug 2004 Jancis Robinson
