port

Tasting articles Port, for many of us, is inextricably related to weather. In England, it is strictly a seasonal drink, to be...

Free for all In my view, young vintage port is pretty similar to young classed-growth red bordeaux: better cellared than drunk. But mature...

Inside information Paul Symington sends the following news from the Douro Valley in Portugal: We are probably mad to do this in...

Free for all This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. Last week's London tasting of the...

Don't quote me To the bemusement of many observers, The Fladgate Partnership responsible for such ports as Taylor's, Fonseca and Croft, with the...

Travel tips I asked Paul Symington to amplify his remarks about the new places to stay and eat in the Douro Valley...

Travel tips Paul Symington of the eponymous and powerful port shippers sends this report of developments in northern Portugal. He could hardly...

Free for all For many a wine drinker in the northern hemisphere, even (perhaps particularly) in the current economic climate, the chilly depths...

Free for all This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times.This is the time of year when...

Tasting articles At a time when so many of us ar wearing our warmest clothes, it seems especially appropriate to look at...

Tasting articles We start a series of tasting notes on the three great fortified wines with Julia on port. With such great...

Free for all Paul Symington of the Symington port group sends the following rather equivocal report on the 2008 harvest in the Douro...

Tasting articles The wines described below were tasted over two days at the end of September at Quinta do Noval with Christian...

Tasting articles On 4 Sep – by coincidence, the first day of their harvest in the Douro – Australian-trained Taylor Fladgate Partnership...

Tasting articles Here are Julia’s tasting notes on the Douro table wines and brand new 2005 vintage ports shown at this launch...

Inside information Although the great majority of port houses will concentrate on 2004 as their big vintage port release of the middle...