Tag: fortified
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Six Sweet Wines for Christmas
There are many many different styles of sweet wine out there, and we understand that the variety can be overwhelming! We have put together a helpful Christmas guide to sweet wines to help you navigate through the different styles and find the right one for you! The Noble One Noble rot, aka Botrytis Cinerea, is a remarkable, natural phenomenon ...
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Sweet and Fortified Wines Unwrapped
We hope you enjoyed our previous blog about Indulgent sweet wines made from the juice of extra ripe, botrytised, frozen and dried grapes. We now introduce you to another category of delicious sweet wines which are produced by adding a high strength grape spirit to fermenting wine, which kills the yeast and leaves a sweet, sticky wine. This method ...
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Fonseca Vintage Port 1985
We are delighted to announce we have been able to secure a small allocation of Fonseca 1985 Vintage Port, directly from the lodges in Vila Nova de Gaia. There is no denying that the 1985 is drinking extremely well now, nevertheless, also has many years of potential ahead. Renowned wine critic and founder of the Wine Advocate, Robert Parker, ...
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Taylor Fladgate Partnership: 2018 Vintage Port Declaration
We are delighted to announce that we have secured a small allocation of the Taylor Fladgate Partnership 2018 Vintage Ports: Taylor's Vintage, Fonseca 'Guimaraens' Vintage and Croft 'Quinta Da Roêda' Vintage. In a live Q&A tasting direct from the lodges in Vila Nova di Gaia; David Fonseca Guimaraens (Winemaker) and Adrian ...
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The 2015 Vintage Port Collection
The 2015 collection of Vintage Ports are drawn from the finest estates of three of the most distinguished Port houses, Foncesa, Taylor and Croft. The condition of the crop at the 2015 harvest will be remembered as one of the best of recent years. The 2015 Vintage Ports are immediately appealing and approachable, showing great elegance and ...