Portugal

Free for all Spain and Portugal offer particularly rich pickings for anyone looking for less expensive wines worth ageing. A shorter version of...

Wine news in 5 Buyers and collectors get ready: en primeur bordeaux tastings are underway, and declarations for 2022 vintage port are trickling out...

Tasting articles Part 2 of my report from Porto on an exciting tasting of wines made by winegrowers with strong convictions, most...

Tasting articles The first instalment of a two-part report on some of the most exciting smaller winegrowers in the country. Today the...

Tasting articles More than a hundred reds as a follow-up to last month's whites. Above, Quinta da Chocapalha in the Alenquer subregion...

Wines of the week A returnee to Portugal’s Dão wine region rediscovers his own roots and makes superbly pure and elegant wines that show...

Wine boot camp Amphora, qvevri, talha, tareco, tinaja, pithari, karas – what’s the difference? Julia explains in a round-the-world tour of earthenware vessels...

Tasting articles A celebration of two decades of Anglo-Portuguese co-operation and restless innovation. Most wine producers make more or less the same...

Tasting articles Another wallow in Portuguese wines. This time, following on from Portuguese reds on a roll, the focus is on the...

Wine news in 5 Plus some good news from Portugal. (Above, the waterfront in Vila Nova de Gaia.) But first, some exciting events coming...

Wines of the week An incredible buy from this volcanic Portuguese island, ready for dinner any night of the week, from €10.80 or £16...

Inside information Another nail-biter, but this time with higher volumes than 2022, and an overall positive outlook. Above, the 2023 harvest at...

Tasting articles Whether you’re in the market for 2021s and 2020s to lay down in your cellar, tawnies for tonight or ancient...

Tasting articles Another episode in our (almost) regular series of reviews of wines from Portugal. Above, winemaker Hugo Mendes poses for photographer...

Tasting articles Julia's prep work for a trio of masterclasses on Portuguese wines has resulted in a bevy of terrific white-wine recommendations...

Free for all In this submission to our 2023 wine writing competition, former journalist and budding wine writer Alastair Leithead writes about Portuguese...