Portuguese Wine

Our favourite Port house. The LBV is aged in large wooden vats for 4 to 6 years before bottling. This gives it a roundness enabling it to be drunk ...

The wine displays a beautiful, brilliant chestnut colour with russet hints. Its incredibly intense and rich aromas feature dried fruit, candied fru...

Tawny in colour, with aromas of dried apricots and crystallized tangerine peel well integrated with a nutty character. “The palate reveals dried fr...

This was very exciting when we tried this. it reminded us of when we first tried Quinta Vale Meao probably back for the 2000 vintage. So that is sa...

Some serve it chilled with tonic water - we prefer it chilled and with some smoked almonds. Fresh, vibrant and deceptively rich, it's off-dry style...

This is a lovely Madeira - a 5 year old Malvasia at a nice price - sweet and satisfying. Notes of caramelised almonds meet honeyed dried figs, with...

This is a 'Pet Nat' (Pétillant-Naturel) and comes from the region of Vinho Verde. This is made by leaving a few grams of sugar at bottling so a sec...

This gorgeous fortified white wine is a real find! The origins of this Portugese dessert wine go way back to the Middle Ages, but it was only in th...

An organic blend of Antao Vaz, Alvarinho and Viosinho, the 2022 Esporao Colheita White is a fresh and intense white wine from the Alentejano region...

One of our favourite Madeira's. Richer in style than some examples of Sercial but with a terrific core of classic baked nuts and exotic fruit - fig...

The Reserva Red was the first wine Esporao launched way back in 1985. It's a pretty much a field blend with  Aragonês, Alicante Bouschet, Cabernet ...

A superb Moscatel made from local Moscatel do Douro (a.k.a. Moscatel Galego & Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains). This comes from a vineyard North o...

A very special, single-vineyard AND Single Cask wine. The grapes come from a single vineyard on the North of the island, in Sao Vincente, which is ...

Half bottles of Warres, which is a handy size for slightly earlier drinking. Warres produced a stunning wine in 2016 and is rightly compared with t...

Marc Kent of Boakenhoutskloof fame has teamed up with Rita Marques of Conceito Wines. Marc obviously was a trail blazer in South Africa and Rita is...

This is slightly lighter in style than many of the big boys in 2016, still very elegant and will offer slightly earlier drinking. There is a lot to...

This Madeira is a blend of three separate wines, from different vintages, all originally made as experiments to further winemaker's Ricardo's under...

A very special, single-vineyard and single cask wine, The wine has been aged using the canteiro method and only 1188 bottles were produced from the...

Deep mahogany colour with discreet olive highlights on the rim. Very fine, elegant nose, with an opulent core of wild honey, treacle and butterscot...

Amazing value spicy red made with a compote of local grape varieties. Typically Iberian it crams in plenty of spice-coated berried fruit, with a lo...

This is what Semillon can do in the Alentejo sun - it's  rich elegant and intense. Grapes come from 20 year old wines from a single vineyard called...

VV47 is sourced from the estate's oldest vineyard, planted in 1947 at altitudes between 262 - 292m, with a south-east orientation. The vineyard's s...

Niepoort Dirk Niepoort and Barbeito legend Ricardo Diogo have joined forces to make  this fantastic Madiera aptly named the two “Sirs” of Portugues...

The flagship red wine from legendary Portuguese winemaker Luis Pato. Produced in the DOC Bairrada (Beiras) with the Baga native variety. This is on...

Barbeito's Verdelho is so rich it's almost medium in style. Superb notes of citrus and honey with caramelised apple and date flavour. Deep and broo...

Just 900 bottles were made of this awesome Madeira.  It reveals characteristics which I readily associate with the variety – orange peel, creamily ...

“Vertente” means “aspect” or “hillside”  and most of the grapes come from old vineyards aged between 30 and 60 year old from Quinta de Nápoles and ...

Quinta do Ameal is a small ancient property in Vinho Verde producing excellent white wines made from a Portuguese native grape variety, Loureiro.  ...

A perfect gift for any child born in 2016, this three bottle pack contain year in year out some of the very best vintage Port houses Taylors, Fonse...

A Tapit Hen is a rather unusaul size! indeed it holds 3 bottles and comes in a nice presentation wooden case from the great 2016 vintage and as law...

This wine has every single facet of flavour and energy that I adore in vintage Port.  The nose is epic and all-encompassing and the power and attac...

The 2016 Warre’s Vintage Port was picked from 19 September, the harvest took 10 days longer than usual in order to gain optimal ripeness. It has a ...

Lovers of Dow’s firm dry aristocratic style are not going to be disappointed by this monumental 2016. Layers of deep, dark, chiselled fruit meet Do...

A juicy but also muscular take on 2016, with red berry, plum, a touch of mocha and cool herbal notes of rosemary and lavender. Super fine tannins s...

Dark crimson with a mere hint of ruby at the rim. Lifted and silky. This immediately makes a claim to be a top-drawer wine on the nose. Very round ...

3 bottle gift set in a wooden case you will get one each of Fonseca, Taylors and Croft, great Port Houses in an exception year with tiny production.

Fonseca is another vintage Port that needs little introduction and they have made a great wine in 2016. Quinta de Panascal is the main vineyard and...

No surprise to see Taylors always score so well with its vintage Port releases and 2016 is no exception. This is clearly classy stuff it’s got obvi...