• Terraced vineyards on a hillside overlooking a river with mountains in the background under a clear blue sky.
  • Black and white photo of a storage area with large wooden wine barrels arranged in rows.
  • Row of wine glasses and small bottles on a wooden table, with some of the bottles containing rosé wine and others empty or with liquid. The bottles have labels with QR codes and text.
  • A black and white photo of a pathway through a tunnel of vine-covered branches supported by wooden posts. Leaves and debris cover the ground, with white containers lined up along the sides of the pathway. A truck is visible in the distance.
  • Agricultural machinery processing harvested grapes in a winery, with a focus on the grapes being spread or sorted on a conveyor system under an industrial roof.

About

Richard Mayson is an award-winning writer, author and editor specialising in fortified wines and the wines of Portugal. He is an eminent authority on vintage Port and madeira wine. Richard’s books are available from the shop on this website.

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Intro

Richard Mayson has a spent a life-time tasting wines and has written thousands of tasting notes, many of which are published with scores on this website. He chairs the Port and Madeira tasting panel for the Decanter World Wine Awards and writes articles for Decanter and The World of Fine Wine Magazine. Richard is Series Editor for the Infinite Ideas Classic Wine Library.

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Richard Mayson: Award Winning Writer

Michel Lynch Award 1992 (Portugal’s Wines and Wine Makers) André Simon Special Commendation 1992 (Portugal’s Wines and Wine Makers) André Simon Award 2003 (The Wines and Vineyards of Portugal) Symington Award of Excellence 2004 (Port and the Douro) Louis Roederer Awards 2014: International Wine Feature Writer of the Year for articles in The World of Fine Wine. André Simon shortlist 2016 (Madeira, The Islands and their Wines)

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Richard Mayson has conducted tutored tastings for interested parties, including students studying for the Wine and Spirit Education Trust Diploma, Master of Wine students and Leith’s School of Food and Wine.  Please contact Richard through this website if you would like him to conduct a tasting for you.