Vinha d'Ervideira Antão Vaz Vindima Tardia 2013
Text João Barbosa | Translation Jani Dunne
Hate is an ugly thing. Besides making your nose wrinkle, putting your toenails in a twist and making your liver go bad, hate does no good.
Rubrics of wines
Olho no Pé: To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before
Text Sarah Ahmed
In my last post about the Douro I urged you to “seek and ye shall find,” for no other Portuguese region can surely boast such a rich diversity of terroir?
Porto Fonseca Bicentenary
Text João Barbosa | Translation Jani Dunne
Wines can be classified as good or bad, those with stories and those without, those which have history and those which don’t. Only good wines reach this last level. Longevity allows for historical stories.
Esporão, an Alentejo Classic
Text José Silva | Translation Jani Dunne
One of Alentejo’s greatest properties, with 4450 acres of land, 1100 of which have active vineyards and the other 200 acres have olive trees producing excellent olive oil.
Quinta de Covela – the new wines of 2014
Text João Pedro de Carvalho | Translation Jani Dunne
On the 22nd April, Quinta de Covela came to Lisbon to present their wines harvested in 2014.
Wine Tradition, History and Production as an Art
Text José Silva | Translation Jani Dunne
Alentejo encompasses a significant number of magic places; whether for beautiful scenery, never-ending lands, earth-grown products or historical families and buildings.
Vasques de Carvalho Wines
Text João Barbosa | Translation Jani Dunne
Cosmic scale aside, ‘a century ago’ is a long way away. Back then, the world was black and white… at least it’s what photographs show. Nonsense aside, reaching that milestone is worth celebrating.
Easter Witches and Port
Text Ilkka Sirén
Easter time is upon us. We Finns are quite talented in taking any religious holiday, remove anything vaguely religious about it and turn it into a big eating and drinking fest.
The 2014 whites by Caves do Solar de São Domingos
Text João Pedro de Carvalho | Translation Jani Dunne
Since 1937, the company named Caves do Solar de São Domingos has been producing bubbly wines, aguardente velha, bagaçeira (wine spirits), and Bairrada and Dão wines. Their arcades were carved into rock.
