New packaging and blends for Cockburn's

Hawksmoor announce third venue, opening later this year

The Fladgate Partnership has declared they will release vintage ports from all three of their houses from the 2009 vintage.

Over 1,500 wines can be boiled down to this: the hallowed Sommelier Wine Awards Gold List for 2011...

A decent showing for all styles at the Silver and Bronze levels, though the Gold List this year remained the preserve of pricier tawny and vintage entries

Six of London’s finest have won a trip round the iconic port vineyards of Taylor’s, Croft and Fonseca.

The 2007 Port vintage has been boosted by a strong endorsement from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, which gave 40 out of 59 wines a score of 90-plus.

Quinta de Noval is taking advantage of its significant programme of vineyard replanting to launch a new port within the next couple of months, according to sources within the company.

More than 50 fortified wine brands will represent 14 regions from around the world at the inaugural Big Fortified Tasting – BFT for short – next month.

Scented, flavoursome and adorned with beautiful flowers, herbs are an essential ingredient for any cocktail list this summer. Alice Lascelles digs deep...

The shippers claim that their more modern-style vintage ports can work with food. Richard Woodard assembles a team of hungry sommeliers, slaps a cow on the barbie and pulls the cork on 20 of the Douro’s finest recent vintages to find out whether they’re right

Vibrant and fruity, vintage ports are more modern in style compared to 20 years ago – and it’s not just the Americans who think you can drink them young. Richard Woodard dives into the lagar of controversy to find out why there’s no longer any ‘age’ in vintage