Porto in pictures, with a short film
Just back from a few days in Porto. While I was there I had a chance to wander around. Some
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Geographic Wines: an exciting pan-regional terroir project from Portugal
Website: https://www.geographicwines.pt/en/homepage/ This is a really interesting new project from Portugal. It’s a pan-regional portfolio, with wines from Vinho Verde,
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Domínio Do Açor, an exciting new producer from Dão, Portugal
Website: https://dominiodoacor.com/en/ Domínio do Açor is a relatively new project in the Dão region, and it’s already in the peer
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Prior Lucas, an interesting, innovative producer in Portugal’s Bairrada region
Website: https://priorlucas.pt/en/ Back in June 2025 I spent a day with Rui Lucas, who is making some really interesting wines
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Alentejo producer Cortes de Cima completes its reinvention, and the new wines hit the spot
Website: https://cortesdecima.pt/en/ Alentejo producer Cortes de Cima has gone through quite a transformation since Anna Jørgensen (above) took over from
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The wines of Aldeia de Cima, an exciting project in Portugal’s Alentejo
Website: https://www.aldeiadecima.com/en/ Herdade Aldeia de Cima is a large 2400 hectare estate in Vidigueira in the south Alentejo. Here, Luisa
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Transmission: an exciting new wine project in Portugal’s Bairrada wine region
Transmission is an exciting new wine project from Bairrada. It’s a partnership between three people, and was begun as a
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The impressive wines of Herdade do Rocim and its associated projects, among Portugal’s best
Website: https://rocim.pt/en/ This was a tasting of some of the wines of Herdarde do Rocim and their associated wineries, presented
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Saravá, innovative low-intervention wines from Vinho Verde and Douro, Portugal
Website: https://www.galactic.wine/ Miguel Viseu is the winemaker at low-intervention wine producer Aphros in Vinho Verde, but he also has his
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Amphora wine day, celebrating wines made in clay, part 2
Here I’m writing up all the Portuguese wines tried at the amphora wine day at Rocim, November 2025. Arvad, Algarve,
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