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It was a thrill to present a tasting on behalf of the Alentejo Wine Commission at one of London’s hottest new restaurants, Taberna do Mercado.

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“Vital is my face,” says Marta Soares of Casal Figueira.  Together with her late husband, António Carvalho, Soares has not only rescued this humble, autochthonous Lisboa white grape variety from obscurity, but also shown it in a dazzling light.

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Lately, business has been brisk attracting top Bordeaux talent to the Douro. Poças Júnior recently announced that Hubert de Boüard and Philippe Nunes of Château Angélus

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Lately, business has been brisk attracting top Bordeaux talent to the Douro. Poças Júnior recently announced that Hubert de Boüard and Philippe Nunes of Château Angélus

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In 2012, Luis Seabra quit his prestigious post making wine at Niepoort to strike out on his own.  He explains, “after so many years doing what I love for others,

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Leading Australian fortified winemaker Jen Pfeiffer of Pfeiffer Wines reckons she tasted her first Port wine before the age of 10.

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The motto at Fita Preta is “why spend a lifetime trying to blend in, when you were born to stand out.” And so it is with the wines.

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Winemaker Helder Cunha and actor José Fidalgo criss-crossed Portugal by motorbike for the TV programme Rotas do Vinho (wine roads). Rotas which, with no vineyards and no winery, Cunha has come to know well.