The Wine Gang is made up of five of the UK’s most experienced wine critics, Tom Cannavan of wine-pages.com, Anthony Rose of The Independent, Joanna Simon of House & Garden, David Williams of The Observer and Jane Parkinson of janeparkinson.com.

You can taste a range of Portuguese wines at The Wine Gang London event on Saturday 29th October at Vinopolis. We have two pairs of tickets to give away, simply answer this question correctly to be in with a chance of winning…

How many members are there in the Wine Gang?

Email your answer to viniportugal@jkmarketing.co.uk by Thursday 20th October and the lucky winners will be picked at random and announced on Friday 21st October.

You can also enjoy a Portuguese masterclass at the Edinburgh tasting in November, Tom Cannavan will present the most exciting and high quality wines from Portugal’s native grapes; it’s not to be missed!

Tickets for The Wine Gang Fair cost £20, but Wines of Portugal has an exclusive offer just for our newsletter subscribers: use the code WOP2011 to buy tickets from ticketSOUP.com and you will enjoy a £6 discount, paying just £14 per ticket!

Wines of Portugal will also be at The Wine Show in November and the Three Wine Men in December, so save the dates in your diary, and come and taste a range of fabulous Portuguese wines.

The Wine Show
London 11th, 12th & 13th November
Book tickets for The Wine Show in London

The Three Wine Men
London 3rd & 4th December
Book tickets for The Three Wine Men

SH Jones is hosting a Niepoort Tasting in November and is offering Wines of Portugal readers a discount on a mixed case.

Dirk Niepoort is one of the most influential winemakers in Portugal and makes a terrific range of Ports and Douro wines (as well as wines elsewhere). SH Jones will be presenting a range of both his wines and ports just in time for Christmas; some come along and join in the festive fun.

Date: 3rd November at 7pm
Venue: S H Jones, High Street, Banbury
Price: £15 per person
Call: 01295 251179
Email: banbury@shjones.com

You can also purchase a mixed case containing one bottle each of the following wines:

Redoma Branco
Redoma Rose’
Drink Me Tinto
Dry White Port
Tawny Dee
Ruby Dum

The cost is £72 per case – a saving over £10.
For further details contact SH Jones on 01295 251177

The producers of Oscars, Negreiros and Montario/Rio Real Douro joined Naked Wines on this week’s nation-wide tour which took in cities such as Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester and London.

Opposite is a picture of them in London on Monday.

Discover Naked’s Portuguese wine selection for yourself by visiting their website: www.naked-wines.com

Competition!

A bottle of wine to the first person to identify which bottle belongs to which producer (here’s a clue – none of them are holding their own bottles!) – Email viniportugal@jkmarketing.co.uk with the answer

David will be hosting a tasting of a selection of Portuguese wines followed by a themed supper on the 30th of June in the Jury Room at the Guildhall, Sandwich, Kent CT13 9AH.

David, an Australian by birth, has lived and worked in Portugal for the last 25 years. He established Esporão at the forefront of the Portuguese wine industry and created the Esporão Reserva range winning many accolades in International Competitions.

David also works as a consultant to Sir Cliff Richard’s wine project in the Algarve, and also to his great friend Howard Bilton from Howard’s Folly – whose wines will also be tasted.

Tickets are priced at £20.00 and available from the Sandwich warehouse, there will be no ticket sales on the door, telephone number 01304 617100, timings are 7.15pm for a 7.30pm prompt start.

NB if you have any special dietary requirements you need to inform the organisers in advance as they cannot be catered for on the evening.

Harrods will have over 30 different Portuguese wines to taste, each handpicked to represent the diversity and variety of Portugal.

Canapés will be served and experts on hand to answer any questions; and to entice you further The Wine Shop at Harrods will be offering an additional 10% off all wines on taste for the night.

Tickets at £30 per person are available from The Wine Shop on 020 7893 8777 or email wineshop@harrods.com.

Harrods, 87-135 Brompton Rd, Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7XL

Vinoteca are holding a Portuguese themed wine dinner on Wednesday 20th July in the private dining room of their St John Street restaurant, there will be a great selection of Portuguese wines to taste.

It will be a three course dinner matched to a great selection of Portuguese wines from their wine list – the dinner will commence at 7pm on the 20th and will be hosted by Miguel Leal.

For further information, please contact Vinoteca on 020 7608 2253.

The Wine Society recently held its first tasting dedicated solely to Portugal. They have extended their range and have just launched a spectacular Portuguese offer.

The selection includes delicious wines and mixed cases for everyday drinking from £5.50 a bottle as well as some serious fine wines and mature vintage Ports to grace the finest occasions.

They have also been able to secure more of the superb 2007 vintage Douro reds and so can offer these again, including a special mixed case.

This amazing selection is offered to Wine Society members only. To see the full range of wines and details of how to become a member click here.

The Market Square Food & Wine shop invites you to a Portuguese tasting in East Grinstead, hosted by Charles Metcalfe on Tuesday 7th December and tickets are only £5!

Charles is one of the best-known, most spontaneous and amusing wine critics in Britain. He presented drinks and occasionally food items for 12 years as one of the Richard-and-Judy team on the ITV programme, ‘This Morning’, and was the drinks expert for ‘Taste Today’ on the Taste TV CFW channel.

His recent TV appearances have been as a wine expert on ‘Great Food Live’ and ‘Sunday Lunch Live’ on UK Food (BBC digital TV/Sky TV).

At the tasting Charles will educate you about Portugal’s wines, food and places to visit. You will also have Portuguese tapas to accompany the wine.

You will be able to order wines on the night and take advantage of some great discounts.

For further information please call the Market Food & Wine Shop: 01342 300355
Meridian Hall, East Court, East Grinstead RH19 3LT