Tis the season to be port-y.

It’s a category that is too-often ignored until the last week before Christmas – when it becomes a seasonal must-have.

So our final event of 2025 is fittingly timed, falling exactly a fortnight before Christmas Day.

We’re bringing a taste of Portugal to 15 Dove St, Norwich, for an evening of Portuguese wines, with the emphasis firmly on the Douro Valley. We’ll be joined by appropriately Iberian Ricardo Rodrigues, from small independent importers the Portuguese Story.

This is a led tasting, where Ricardo will introduce each wine and explain more about the different Port styles. We’ll taste them as a group, share impressions and make new friends over food and wine.

Arrival drink: Quinta do Montalto, Pim Pam Pum Rosé Pet Nat 2025 (12%, rrp £23)

Niepoort, Morgadio da Calcada, Dry White Port NV (19.5%, rrp £23.50)
Paired with Manzanilla olives

Niepoort, Late Bottled Vintage 2018 (19.5%, rrp £28)
Paired with Binham Blue cheese

Niepoort, Tawny Port NV (19.5%, rrp £23)
Paired with mature Cheddar cheese

Niepoort, Colheita 2009 (19.5%, rrp £47)
Paired with Devecchio Bakery’s Cherry Bakewell Bostock

Quinta dos Lopes, Muska 2008 (18.5%, rrp £36)
Fortified white from the Algarve, made from Moscatel Galego grapes.
Paired with Bread Source’s Pastel de Nata