Published: 30 April, 2013
Rising demand for Portuguese wine in the UK means places are filling up fast for the Wines of Portugal Wine Academy tastings being held, in association with Harpers Wine & Spirit, in June.
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Published: 18 March, 2013
Stevens Garnier is taking on four red wines from Sogrape's Casa Ferreirinha "House of Little Ferreira" in the Douro valley, which were shown to the trade at last week's Wines of Portugal tasting in London.
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Published: 15 March, 2013
Harpers and Vinho Verde hosted a round table to assess the region's potential as a producer of food-friendly wines
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Published: 22 February, 2013
Anyone interested in Portuguese wine has the chance to learn more at a new academy being set up by Wines of Portugal, in association with Harpers Wine & Spirit.
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Published: 31 January, 2013
Michael Symington, the senior member of the Symington Port family died earlier this week. Here his son Paul, chairman of Symington Family Estates, gives his personal tribute.
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Published: 28 January, 2013
TV wine and food critic Charles Metcalfe has created six recipes to be paired with Tagus Creek wines from Portuguese producer Falua.
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Published: 17 December, 2012
Last to write about his experience on the Harpers buyers' trip through Portugal's Alentejo, Tejo and Peninsula de Setúbal regions, is Corks Out's Bob McDonald, who tells Harpers why it's the indigenous varieties and not the international ones that float his regional boat.
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Published: 14 December, 2012
On the back of the Harpers buyers' trip through Portugal's Alentejo, Tejo and Peninsula de Setúbal regions, Peter Ingram, buyer for Vagabond Wines, tells Harpers what stood out for him and why he sees the indigenous variety as the country's strength.
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Published: 13 December, 2012
On the back of the Harpers Portuguese buyers' trip Jess Lomas, manager of Peckhams Glasgow tells us what stood out for her and what she learned from visiting the Alentejo, Tejo and Península de Setúbal regions.
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Published: 03 December, 2012
Barwell & Jones is to distribute and market Esporão wines in the UK.
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Published: 22 November, 2012
Portuguese producer João Portugal Ramos has launched a premium Albariño, to be stocked exclusively by Marks & Spencer, and a red called F'OZ, to be stocked by Waitrose.
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Published: 15 November, 2012
Portugal needs to shout about its wines more and grow a solid identity through links to its produce, according to UK wine buyers.
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Published: 26 October, 2012
Jancis Robinson MW has picked up an award for her services to Portuguese wine from the ambassador to the UK.
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Published: 24 October, 2012
Wines of Portugal has announced wine writer and TV personality Olly Smith will select the 50 Great Portuguese Wines 2013.
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Published: 23 October, 2012
"We've always described Fonseca as a more voluptuous style of Port: it has this big structure, this big weight of fruit," explains Adrian Bridge, managing director of the Fladgate Partnership which incorporates the houses of Taylor, Fonseca and Croft.
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Published: 02 October, 2012
The European Commission has added its weight to the list of countries that have objected to Scotland's plans for minimum unit pricing.
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Published: 02 October, 2012
The European Commission has added its weight to the list of countries that have objected to Scotland's plans for minimum unit pricing.
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Published: 27 September, 2012
WSTA chief executive Miles Beale has warned that the government's U-turn on minimum pricing would lead to a "pause" in the industry's co-operation.
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Published: 05 September, 2012
The JP Ramos group has announced a sales lift due to of a number of measures implemented to improve the quality of its wines in the Tejo and Alentejo regions.
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Published: 29 August, 2012
As September looms, the wine industry in the northern hemisphere is keeping an anxious eye on its crops, with many having experienced unusual weather conditions earlier this year.
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