If Winter’s got you fantasising about hibernation, here’s what to do… Grab a bottle of fortified wine. And share it by a fireplace – or even a bar heater if you’re not lucky enough to have one. What? You don’t have one on hand? Take advantage of our online...
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So, you’ve been given a bottle of Port. A bottle of red Port, to clarify. You pour it into a glass and it’s a faded, red-brown colour. For drinkers of ordinary table wines, this might be alarming. But fear not! Your port has not spoiled! Red ports, made of...
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There is more to grapes than red and white. And it’s a bit more complicated than “white grapes make white wine”. Let’s take the Muscat Rouge à Petits Grains: excuse our possibly crude translation “Red Muscat with Small Grape Size”. The skin of the grape is a pale, red...
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Tawny ages beautifully. Not just gracefully, beautifully. It gets better with every passing year, and can live in an oak barrel for anywhere up to a century. But who has the patience for that? Sometimes you just want to wake up the Tawny makers of the past and...
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If you’re considering buying a bottle of 10, 20, 30, or 40-year-old Tawny, you’re about to make an excellent decision. There is perhaps no other wine in the world that ages as well in a barrel as Tawny does. Official designations of age are 10, 20, 30, and over...
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What’s behind a name? We discuss how wines get their names. Including our Magenta– exclusive to our winery. There are two main ways a wine gets its name: the grape used to make it, or the region it was grown in. A very simple example is a Grenache Shiraz...
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Dessert: it’s universally acknowledged as the best meal of the day. Who could argue? It’s also the most popular time to enjoy one of our most treasured wines: our beautiful tawny. Sweetness with sweetness: it’s tried and tested. But we want to rally against the idea that it’s just...
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For those looking to make port at home, there is one primary hurdle. Is your home in Portugal? No? Well, you can’t make port. In fact, even if your home was in Portugal, there would be a great number of hurdles to conquer first. We’ll talk you through...
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Pairing wine with dessert is a serious process. To select the best dessert wine, you must consider the acidity, intensity and sweetness of both the wine and the dessert. Here’s a little advice on how to combine your dessert and wine for the perfect after-dinner treat! We make...
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