Portuguese mini-study: four red wines from Casa Ferreirinha, Quinta Nova, Douorum and Rocim
These four Portuguese reds were all purchased from supermarket Pingo Doce and an independent wine shop, while I was teaching
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Tasting some Ports from Quinta do Infantado, an important Douro producer
Website: https://quintadoinfantado.com/en/ Infantado is a family-owned Quinta dating back to 1816. They were famous for being the first quinta to
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Vinho Verde: Quinta da Pegadinha
This is a small family vineyard and farm 15 km from the ocean, in the southern part of Vinho Verde,
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Celebrating 25 years of Filipa Pato’s wines with an amazing lunch and tasting
Flipa Pato, daughter of famous Bairrada winegrower Luis Pato, first started making her own wines 25 years ago, in 2001.
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Video: with Filipa Pato in her old vineyards in Bairrada, Portugal, which she farms with the help of pigs
Filipa Pato began making her own wines in 2001, starting with three rented plots. Since then she and her husband
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Quinta da Vinha dos Padres: remarkable wines from Portugal’s Alentejo
These three wines, made by Susana Esteban, are really impressive. They come from Serra de São Mamede, in the Portalegre
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Profetas e dos Villões: António Maçanita and his remarkable wines from Porto Santo and Madeira
Website: https://www.antoniomacanita.com/en António Maçanita is a well known Portuguese winemaker, doing good things in the Alentejo, Douro and the Açores.
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Highlights: Dow’s Vintage Port 2024 Douro, Portugal
Isn’t Port wonderful? And Vintage Port, the pinnacle of the Port world, can even be drunk young. I reckon it’s
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Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes
As far as lunches go, this was one of the best I’ve had in recent years, held at the remarkable
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Highlights: Mateus Nicolau de Almeida Trans-Douro-Express Cima Corgo 2022 Douro
I recently reviewed the amazing wines from Mateus Nicolau de Almeida. Douro with a difference, packaged in Riesling-style bottles, aiming
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