in vino veritas

By: MAURICE LEE Cellar Master invinoveritas@portugalresident.com WHEN YOU go to a wine shop to buy wine, how much importance do you attach to the vintage? Now let us be perfectly

By: Maurice Lee Cellar Master invinoveritas@portugalresident.com WE’VE LOOKED at the red wines of Bordeaux, but let us not forget the excellent whites, which can be sweet, dry, or medium. When

By: Maurice Lee Cellar Master invinoveritas@portugalresident.com Bordeaux, In South West France, has dominated Western European wines ever since Eleanor of Aquitaine married the Duke of Anjou (later to become Henry

By: Maurice Lee invinoveritas@portugalresident.com WHEN WE think of German wine, we think Liebfraumilch (milk of a beautiful woman), and the most popular of all German wines, although not in Germany.

By: Maurice Lee invinoveritas@portugalresident.com If you look at the history of wine, you will see that almost every wine producing country in the world has experienced some sort of disaster.

By Maurice Lee, Cellar Master IT’S HARD to avoid the Christmas spirit with the shops gaily decorated and their windows displaying a homely Yuletide appearance. Wine shops attract customers with

By SHEENA RAWCLIFFE Prawns are quite expensive and, as such, we like to enjoy them on their own with just the addition of a little garlic mayonnaise. When making your

By SHEENA RAWCLIFFE One of the most relaxing Christmas lunches we enjoyed was when there was just the two of us. With all the family in the UK for Christmas