Chocapalha: a leading winery from Portugal’s Lisboa wine region
Website: https://chocapalha.pt/en/home_en/ Paulo Tavares de Silva had a career as a naval officer, but with his wife Alice nurtured a
Read moreWebsite: https://chocapalha.pt/en/home_en/ Paulo Tavares de Silva had a career as a naval officer, but with his wife Alice nurtured a
Read moreQuinta do Vesuvio is one of the great Quintas of the Douro. It’s located in the Douro Superior (the wamer,
Read moreThe Amorim Group’s main activity is cork, but they are now getting increasingly involved in wine production. For 20 years,
Read more2018 is the third in a run of good vintages for Port, maybe fourth if you count 2015, too. So
Read moreA short tasting video with this wine: Herdade do Rocim NatCool Fresh from Amphora 2019 Alentejo, Portugal12% alcohol. Made in
Read moreIt’s not often you get to try wines from 1980, 1960 and 1940 in one tasting. Well, that’s what I
Read moreLuis Seabra made his name as winemaker for Niepoort, before leaving to set up his own project in 2013. Seabra’s
Read moreColares is one of the historic wine regions in Portugal. It’s one that you learn about in wine textbooks. But
Read moreThe Melo family landed in Dão’s Oliveira–Mangualde hundreds of years ago, and that’s where the vineyards and winery of current
Read moreHere are the rest of our notes for wines tasted at Amphora Wine Day in the Alentejo in November 2019.
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