Text Sarah Ahmed
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.

Text João Pedro de Carvalho
Walking through the streets of the Historic Center of Vila Nova de Gaia is like going back in time, imagining the scrolling of Port barrels on the narrow streets, the huge wine aging rooms where authentic unbottled dreams live.

Text Ilkka Síren
We Finns are known for all kinds of weird traditions. We invented and host annual world championships for Wife-Carrying and mosquito killing. We have competitions for throwing rubber boots and cellphones. We celebrate midsummer by disappearing to the countryside to drink amongst ourselves.

Text Sarah Ahmed
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.

Text José Silva
In a country environment, in the open Pinhão river valley, with vineyards everywhere, a vertical tasting of Quinta do Fojo wines took place. Access to the farm is difficult and we did the final part on foot, better admiring the beauty of the farm and of the rural house.

Text João Carvalho
The region of Bucelas (demarcated since 1911) is situated at the gates of Lisbon, municipality of Loures. It is characterized by the production of white and sparkling wines based on the Arinto grape.

Text Sarah Ahmed
Many winemakers have described the Douro as “a playground”. What with its multi-faceted slopes, vineyards

Text Ilkka Sirén
When people talk about “food friendly” wines I’ve always thought that it must be one of the most misused wine descriptions out there,

Text João Pedro de Carvalho
It is not possible to speak of the history of Dão wine, one of the oldest wine regions of Portugal,