Charles Metcalfe is a renowned wine critic, amusing speaker and a well-known face on British television, having been part of the ITV This Morning team for 12 years. He was a co-founder of WINE International magazine, and is co-chairman of the International WINE Challenge, the world’s biggest wine competition. He writes free-lance for numerous publications, including regular columns in Blue Wine (if you speak Portuguese!) and Wine Business International.

His latest book is a travel guide, The Wine & Food Lover’s Guide to Portugal. Highly illustrated and beautifully designed, this is a guide for independent travellers who love good wine and food. Book in hand, head straight for the gastronomic hotspots of Lisbon and Porto, the Algarve and Madeira, but also the places to eat and drink well in the stunning countryside of undiscovered inland and island Portugal.Charles Metcalfe and Kathryn McWhirter wrote their first book on Portuguese wines over 20 years ago, and are still at it.

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