Bruno Prats on Magic Douro Fruit & a Chryseia Vertical
Text Sarah Ahmed
Lately, business has been brisk attracting top Bordeaux talent to the Douro. Poças Júnior recently announced that Hubert de Boüard and Philippe Nunes of Château Angélus
Sarah Ahmed
Wine Writer
Sarah Ahmed
Wine Writer
Sarah Ahmed is an independent, London-based wine writer, educator and judge with a particular interest in the wines of Portugal and Australia.
Sarah was awarded the Vintners Cup in 2003, the Portuguese Annual Wine Awards’ Wine Writer of the Year 2009 and was short-listed for the International Wine & Spirit Competition Communicator of the Year in 2009 and 2010.
In addition to publishing www.thewinedetective.co.uk she writes for several respected magazine titles including Decanter and The World of Fine Wine.
Since 2006, she has contributed on Portugal, Port and Madeira to Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book. Sarah consulted on Portugal and Australia for the seventh edition of The World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson MW and has contributed on Portugal for the upcoming 4th edition of Jancis Robinson MW’s The Oxford Companion to Wine. Counted among Decanter’s “experts par excellence,” she is Regional Chair for Portugal at Decanter World Wine Awards, the world’s largest and most prestigious wine competition. In 2013, she was admitted to the rank of Cavaleiro of the Confraria do Vinho do Porto for her commitment and contribution to Port wine.
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Bruno Prats on Magic Douro Fruit & a Chryseia Vertical
Text Sarah Ahmed
Lately, business has been brisk attracting top Bordeaux talent to the Douro. Poças Júnior recently announced that Hubert de Boüard and Philippe Nunes of Château Angélus
MAPA Swimming Upstream Like a Burbot
Text Ilkka Sirén
Seasons provide a wide range of opportunities to drink different kinds of wines. Here in Finland you can see what time of the year it is from what people are drinking.
Raw: The Wines of Luis Seabra
Text Sarah Ahmed
In 2012, Luis Seabra quit his prestigious post making wine at Niepoort to strike out on his own. He explains, “after so many years doing what I love for others,
Vins de Soif: Portugal’s on Trend Super-Sophisticated Quaffers
Text Sarah Ahmed
The wines of Tiago Teles could not find greater contrast than EXPLICIT Red,
Against the Odds
Text Ilkka Síren
Finding a decent bottle of Portuguese wine in Finland is easier said than done.
Esoteric Not Erotic: The Explicit Wines of Jorge Rosa Santos e Filhos
Text Sarah Ahmed
It’s a long time since I had lessons in Latin. And I cannot recall making a winemaker blush before,
Best of 2014
Text Ilkka Sirén
It’s been quite a year. It was supposed to be a fairly relaxed one but turned out to be one of the busiest. I visited Portugal 7 times last year!
Pereira d’Oliveira, Madeira – Putting the Cellaring into Cellar Door
Text Sarah Ahmed
There cannot be many places in the world where you can buy a bottle of 19th century wine over the counter direct from the producer. Correction. Eight 19th century wines over the counter.
Wizards of Madeira
Text Ilkka Sirén
The wine industry is well-known for its hospitality. In general people are very welcoming and friendly.
Yes we can: Madeira Vintners – A new approach to Madeira
Text Sarah Ahmed
The Declaration of Independence of the United States, signed in 1776, was celebrated with a glass of Madeira. But it’s not America’s third president (author of the Declaration),
Me & My Shadow: On The Road With Luís Sottomayor, Douro Harvest 2014
Text Sarah Ahmed
Each Douro harvest, Luís Sottomayor clocks up between 10,000 and 15,000 kilometres in two months driving back and forth between vineyards and wineries to assess the grapes and make wine. Hard work!