As is traditional when I come home from any holiday destination, I went straight out and bought a few Portuguese wines as soon as I got home from Lisbon. I hold on to the belief that drinking a glass of wine from somewhere where I’ve had a fun and relaxing time will immediately make me… Read More »
Whilst in Portugal I wanted to drink Portuguese wines, and whilst the Portuguese wines I drink at home tend to be full and fabulous reds, it was hot in Lisbon, the seafood was divine, and I wanted white wine. Vinho Verde was everywhere and we had some ridiculously cheap yet fully fantastic glasses of “straight… Read More »
On a recent trip to Lisbon, we drank a lot of Vinho Verde. It’s not a wine I usually seek out, I’ve tended to pick it’s northern sibling Albarino, but when in Rome … drink Frascati. I wasn’t in Rome, I was in Lisbon in the autumn, so I drank Vinho Verde. We had this… Read More »
Autumn is upon us, nights are drawing in and it’s raining again. Rain isn’t always the vine’s best friend but in Galicia it rains almost as much as it does in Wales, yet they still manage to turn out wine. Albariño is a Spanish gem. Made from the same grapes as vinho verde, and just… Read More »