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 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,
Text Ilkka Sirén
I like wine. I like food. I like hanging out with good people. I especially like all those things together.
Text João Pedro de Carvalho
If there are outstanding producers, both at the level of the Region (Dão) or the level of wines they produces,
Text João Pedro de Carvalho
If there are outstanding producers, both at the level of the Region (Dão) or the level of wines they produces,
