Lisbon: Top restaurants and wine bars
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Jim Budd moved from education to wine in 1988 and has written for Decanter since 1989. He is the former editor (1991-2015) of Circle Update, the newsletter of the Circle of Wine Writers. He writes the award-winning www.jimsloire.blogspot.com and is one of the five members of the Les 5 du Vin blog. Budd exposes the dangers of drinks investment on his award-winning www.investdrinks.org website, and complementary www.investdrinks-blog.blogspot.com blog. He also contributes to Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book, Wine Behind the Label and the Academie du Vin. Budd is a keen photographer – especially in the Loire.
Find out the best places to eat and drink in Lisbon...
The results from a 57-wine panel tasting...
New red Loire releases from 2020 and 2021...
36 new releases from 2021 and 2020...
What makes these two wines distinct from each other...?
Expert guide to the Loire's 2019 and 2020 red vintages, with recommended buys
Expert guide to the Loire's 2019 and 2020 white vintages, with recommended buys
Sancerre was the clear star of the tasting...
The warm vintage is characterised by a surprising freshness...
Producers to seek out and wines to buy...
How does Chenin Blanc from the Loire and South Africa compare?
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Drinking well now and for the next 10 years...
See our experts' favourite wines...
Read Jim Budd's early report on Loire 2017...
UK police raid uncovers possible wine crime ring...
One investor paid £76,000 for Barolo that never arrived...
Wines with 17 months' minimum lees ageing have blown all expectations out of the water...
Some wines may be hard to find...
Jonothan Piper to be sentenced next month...
The sole director and shareholder of Westminster Fine Wines Ltd has been banned from acting as a UK director...
Six top wines to try....
Leading Loire winemakers François Chidaine and Jacky Blot have been banned from vinifying their Vouvray wines in the neighbouring commune of Montlouis.