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The New Year and people I need
Serves this article to wish you an excellent year and say that in 2023 I expect more peace, new achievements, more time to be with family and friends, and still the discovery of good wines, of course. But it also serves to remind people who are not here and who already miss me a lot. This year three people left…
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Didn't you prove it? Azal yours!
This is a wine you won't find easily, unless you know Augusto Freitas de Sousa. Journalist by profession and a wine lover, decided to honor the family legacy by producing a wine of the Azal variety, in Amarante, region of green wines. Today I write to talk about a special wine that I tasted some time ago, that kind of…
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Level over dão wines
Rui Parente, owner of Quinta Dona Sancha, in Silgueiros, decided to dedicate himself to wine production in 2018, a project that stands out for its quality, and has already gained wings. It recently presented the new harvests and extended its offer to two more monovarietal wines and a Claret. Quinta Dona Sancha Cerceal-Branco 2020 and Quinta Dona Sancha Tinta Pinheira…
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
Dear ones, I know that love and health are first... but the mood too!To all a MERRY CHRISTMAS, very well watered!!! ??
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Boas Quintas launches new Dão Nobre
The producer and winemaker Nuno Cancela de Abreu presents to the market his third harvest of Dão Nobre, a wine that for its excellence reached a classification rarely achieved by producers in the region. First of all, just to contextualize the achievement: this is the third time that Nuno Cancela de abreu receives for this its white wine the designation…
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Paulo Laureano partner of Parras Wines
This is undoubtedly a new stage in the life of winemaker Paulo Laureano but also of Parras. This combines the production of reference wines with a company best known for producing consistent but high-volume wines, which is now increasing its premium wine portfolio. They both win. Those who remember the late 1990s - it was in this decade that I…
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Casa Relvas with news
There are three new monovarietals of Casa Relvas to increase the portfolio of Casa Relvas. Novelties that are the result of the acquisition of new land and planting of new vineyards in recent years in different Alentejo sub-regions. Casa Relvas Vinha de São Miguel Alicante Bouschet, Casa Relvas Vinha da Mina Aragonez and Casa Relvas Vinha da Mina Touriga Franca,…
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APENO represents wine & Spirit Tourism International Trade Fair (WST) in Portugal
Aware that Portuguese wine tourism goes through internationalization, APENO has established a protocol with WST, a fair dedicated exclusively to Wine Tourism that will be held every year in Reims (France), the first edition being from 12 to 14 March 2023. Organized by renowned French entrepreneurs from the world of Wine and Tourism, the event has the ambition to become…
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Best of Wine Tourism 2023: Symington collects three awards
Of the seven projects distinguished by The Best of Wine Tourism 2023, three of them are signed by Symington. The restaurant Bomfim 1896 with Pedro Lemos - located in Quinta do Bomfim, pinhão -; the exclusive visits to Quinta do Vesuvius and the new terrace of vinum restaurant, located in Graham's Caves, are the distinguished family spaces, in different categories. …
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Farmers of Feitoria debuts new red and new image
Lavradores de Feitoria recently launched Vinha do Sobreiro, a red from 2016, with great aging capacity. This first edition has 6 years of internship, between cellar and basement. The new Vinha do Sobreiro arrives to reinforce the terroir wines range, which also includes the White Meruge wines of 2020, and the reds Meruge 2019 and Quinta da Costa das Aguaneiras…