New Portuguese wine discoveries at Simplesmente Vinho 2021
Simon reports back from the 2021 edition of Simplesmente Vinho, Portugal’s most exciting celebration of artisan growers, natural and organic Portuguese wines.
Despatches from Porto: Simplesmente Vinho but is it organic?
It’s now eight years since João Roseira & family first held Simplesmente Vinho, an ‘off event’ designed as an alternative to the much larger and more corporate Essencia do Vinho wine fair – both in Porto. In 2013 there were just Read more
Load of old bull – does biodynamics need to explain itself?
“When I taste this wine, I imagine I’m walking up the dry river bed next to the Tatou vineyard, just after the rain. The smell of the wet stones is utterly distinctive.” This is the way that Colin Ross, vineyard manager at Seresin, likes Read more