One of Portugal’s top sommeliers Manuel Moreira shares his insight with us into the great diversity of Portuguese wines and why its regions are world-class. In this casual interview at a wine bar in Porto, we ask Manuel what excites him about Portuguese wines and how …
The Douro is easily one of the most spectacular wine landscapes in the world… The Douro river snakes its way through the valley where vines and stacked stone terraces appear to almost tumble down dramatically steep schist hillsides, the very sight of which induce …
Rías Baixas is practically synonymous with Albariño, and it’s not hard to see why. With the greatest concentration of Albariño vineyards in the world, Rías Baixas DO is considered the birthplace of this unique Galician variety and Albariño still reigns supreme as the main wine made in …
Lavaux is one of the most striking wine regions in Switzerland with dramatic vineyards dropping off into Lake Geneva and facing France to the south. Over 800 hectares of continuous vineyards are blanketed on the steep hillsides beside the lake and vines have been …
Bordeaux’s en primeur week has always struck me as something of a mystery, and perhaps a little old-fashioned. The idea of evaluating wines before they are ready, putting a price on them prematurely and forming an opinion before you’ve even spat the wine into …
English sparkling wine has been hitting the headlines for the last few years as a worthy rival to Champagne, but how does it fare compared to marginal regions in the New World? Winemaker Emma Rice has made sparkling wine in Tasmania and Canada, as …
South America’s wine regions don’t ever sit still. They are constantly on the move and in the last two decades we have seen several new wine regions emerge in previously unimaginable locations: the Atacama desert, Patagonia and in the heights of the Andes mountains …
Sometimes a visit into wine country is ultimately about indulging – and a trip to L’And Vineyards in Portugal’s Alentejo couldn’t be anything but. This vineyard came onto the map as such because of its kitchen – where an innovative young Portuguese chef created …
What are the different styles of Port, and how do you make them? Having made Port for the best part of 25 years, Portuguese winemaker Nicholas Delaforce knows a thing or two about Port. I interviewed him from the balcony of Niepoort’s Quinta de Napoles …
The soils of the Douro are world famous. The Douro schist soils, in particular, are known for their great ability to retain water and give life to vineyards that would otherwise be too dry to produce fruit. Quinta do Crasto is on the right …