The room was full of incredible wines
- London 2024 Attendee
London wine festivals
Portugal – Taste a World of Difference Tasting
Mon 23rd Feb 2026One Great George Street£35 per session
For one night only Oz Clarke, Susy Atkins and Luma Monteiro are hosting a very special tasting to shine a light on the ongoing and extraordinary evolution of Portuguese winemaking.
Diversity and quality are the buzzwords when it comes to Portuguese wine and Oz, Susy and Luma will be circulating among the guests at the tasting so that you can ask them questions about the wines, get recommendations and discover more about this fascinating winemaking nation. Many of the winemakers will be there in person so you can get the real stories behind the labels of the 59 stellar producers at this exciting walkaround tasting representing 11 regions: Vinhos Verdes, Alentejo, Algarve, Porto & Douro, Madeira, Dão & Lafões, Tejo, Lisboa, Beira Interior, Bairrada, Península de Setúbal.
Please see the fantastic line up of producers listed below.
We can’t wait to welcome you in February to sip splendidly with us.
Experts at this event
The venue
One Great George Street, London
1 Great George Street, SW1P 3AA
1 Great George Street, SW1P 3AA
What can you expect at the tasting?
- Hundreds of Portuguese wines to taste from 59 top producers – all included in the ticket price
- Meet Oz, Susy and Luma to learn more about the wines on offer
- Chat with the winemakers to hear the stories behind the winesWine is our passion and we can’t wait to get into the tasting room and share some Portuguese beauties with you! So get ready to sip splendidly with us…
Wine festival FAQs
Yes. Once you arrive at the tasting you can taste as many wines as you wish. However, we urge all visitors to taste responsibly and use the spittoons provided.
Each event is split into tasting sessions to ensure that you can taste a wide variety of wines. The sessions are three hours long and your ticket will give you access to one session – check the timings and we’ll see you there. A separate ticket is needed for each session and each masterclass. It is unlikely you will want to attend more than one tasting session but you may like to attend multiple masterclasses.
Contact us at hello@wine-alive.com. If you can't attend the session you have booked, we may be able to change your tasting session time or date if we have availability at another tasting session. However, this change must take place at least 24 hours before the start of the event.
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You are welcome to purchase as many tickets as you like.
When you buy your tickets from Eventbrite you’ll get a confirmation email immediately. This contains a QR code which we will scan on arrival and swap for a wristband to give you access to the event.
In the event that you are not able to attend our live wine festivals and masterclasses we will offer you a refund on tickets up to 30 days before the event. WineAlive charges a £5 administration fee for every ticket refunded. Alternatively, you may pass your ticket to a friend to use in your place (providing, of course, that they are over 18 years of age). Please email hello@wine-alive.com if for any reason you need a refund on your ticket(s).
Contact us at hello@wine-alive.com. If you can't attend the session you have booked, we may be able to change you session time or date. Equally you are welcome to pass your ticket to a friend or colleague.
All our venues have good disabled access. If you have any queries about access at specific venues, please don’t hesitate to get in touch at hello@wine-alive.com and we’ll work with you to make it work for you.
There are many spittoons placed around the tasting room and we ask you to use them. Table top spittoons are laid out for the masterclasses. There are also water stations with copious quantities of water and we encourage you to stay hydrated. We are keen that everyone enjoys themselves but we urge everyone to sip splendidly and taste responsibly. For more information please visit drinkaware.co.uk. We reserve the right to refuse alcohol to anyone who we feel has over-imbibed.
Since there is alcohol being served we do not permit access to anyone under the age of 18. This includes no access for buggies or babes in arms.
Exhibitors
Tickets for the Portugal – Taste a World of Difference Tasting
Main tasting session:
Monday 23rd Feb - 6pm - 8.30pm
Some thoughts from our guests
Past Events
Big Christmas Wine festival goers of London, in 2024 1,500 of you delighted us with your wine enthusiasm as you flocked to taste with us at Lindley Hall.
You swirled and sipped splendidly, stopping to gather recommendations from Tim Atkin MW, to fall in love with a bottle with Luma Monteiro, gain insider knowledge from Olly Smith or take in a masterclass with Oz Clarke and to get a signed copy of Tom Surgey’s How to Drink Wine from the man himself.
Under the stunning, glass vaulted roof you were able to explore a curated selection of wines from Argentina, Australia, France, Champagne, Italy, Spain, USA, Chile, South Africa and New Zealand and ask the winemakers about the wine style and how the wine was made. You may have discovered new wines from regions including Lebanon, Ukraine, Slovakia and England. You tried spirits too – whisky, gin, vodka and rum, as well as non-alcoholic alternatives such as sparkling tea.
You caught up with London’s online Little Fine Wine Company, Majestic Wines, Wickham Wines and discussed the art of blind tasting with the The Blind Wine Co.
Some of you shrewdly took up show offers for money off the favourite wines you’d discovered and had the wines delivered to you.
London wine lovers, we can’t wait to welcome you back!
Masterclasses at the Big Christmas Wine Fest, London 2024
Expert host and author of English Wine: From Still to Sparkling: the NEWEST New World Wine Country, Oz Clarke proved there’s now no need to travel more than an hour from London to visit world-class vineyards
Attendees were taken on a tour of Kent vineyards, with Oz tasting and talking through his favourites from producers Gusborne, Biddenden, Chapel down, Yotes Court, Westwell, Balfour, Simpsons and Squerryes.
Wines tasted
From a calm corner of Linley Hall, Olly Smith took London Masterclass attendees on a global fizz adventure! Tasting through six styles of sparkling wine – English Sparkling, Champagne, Cap Classique, Cava, Prosecco, and Crémant de Limoux –
Olly explained the general differences in fermentation methods, explained what effect the various grape varieties had on the taste and, as you’d expect from BBC’s Saturday Kitchen expert, what food and occasion would make these sparklers shine.
Wines tasted
On a cold London day Tim Atkin MW transported wine enthusiasts to the warmth of Southern Italy to explore the sustainable wines of Santa Tresa, made by brother and sister Stefano and Marina Girelli on their organic estate in Vittoria, South-Eastern Sicily.
Tim’s selection included a range of elegant, approachable, typically Sicilian styles wines made from indigenous grape varieties Frappato, Grillo, Inzolia, Zibbibo and Nero d’Avola.
Santa Tresa wines tasted
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