Author: Patrick Stuart

Winemaker Dirk Niepoort is, of course, best known for his work in the Douro, as is the Niepoort family who have been making Port wine since 1842. But Dirk has

Here is a wine-making project that neatly sums up the adventurous spirit that has made the Portuguese wine scene so interesting over recent years. In 1999, a young Spanish lady

I think of this wine a bit like an old friend whose company I used to enjoy regularly but miss these days as we seem to have drifted apart. When

I’m a big fan of the Dão region and especially the elegant medium-bodied reds that have been coming out of the region over recent years. But this one – from

The Ribatejo region to the north east of Lisbon, with its low-lying farmlands following the course of the Tagus river, was known until quite recently for cheap mass produced wines,

I will admit here to being somewhat bored with Sauvignon Blanc. Well, at least with most new world Sauvignon Blanc and those produced in Europe in the new world style.

This really is something quite unique, coming from a well-reputed Douro producer and made by the highly skilled winemaker Rui Cunha whose great triumphs in white wine include Covela. An

This is the big brother of a wine I featured in this column back in 2103 (QM Alvarinho – small photo) which at the time had been rated by Wine

As I have written here before I am a great fan of the wines produced by the Pato family. Luis Pato is without a doubt the biggest champion of the

Browsing through the shelves at my new local Apolónia supermarket last week, on the lookout for something new, this bottle of Portuguese bubbly from a producer I had never even