Highlights: Filipa Pato and William Wouters Post Quer..s Baga 2023 Bairrada, Portugal
Love this wine, which I bought from a wine shop in Lisbon. The mastery of Baga, maturing it in amphorae
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Photos of Lisbon (2) mono
Another morning wandering around Lisbon, this time taking pictures in black and white. Olympus Pen-F, Leica 15 mm f1.7.
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Around Portugal in seven fine wines: a seminar at Vinho da Casa in Lisbon
Website: https://vinhodacasa.pt/home-2025-en/ A tour through Portugal in seven wines. This was a masterclass I did at Vinho da Casa in
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Photos of Lisbon (1) colour
Pictures taken on a morning walk around the city, where I stopped off at Garrafeira Nacional and bought a couple
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The wines of Quinta dos Currais, Beira Interior, Portugal
The Beira Interior is a lesser-known but really interesting wine region nestled on the eastern side of Portugal, just below
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The remarkable wines of Barbeito, the leading producer from Madeira
Ricardo Freitas is a third generation Madeira producer, and his family firm Barbeito is widely regarded as the top producer
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Chinado: natural wines from Portugal’s Lisboa wine region
Website: https://www.vinhochinado.com/ Chinado are based in Alcobaça, the home of the famous monastery, in the Lisboa wine region, where they
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Quinta da Pedra Alta, a new Douro star, with consultant winemaker Matt Gant
Website: https://www.qpa.pt/ Matt Gant is a winemaker from Western Australia, but previously he was based in the Barossa, where he
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Mira do Ó: beautiful terroir-focused wines from Dão, Bairrada and the Alentejo
Website: https://miradoovinhos.com/ Nuno Mira do Ó is the dude behind Mira do Ó Vinhos, and he now has three projects.
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Drinking with Douro star Tiago Alves de Sousa: a solera red, a high-end rosé, and a stunning (rare) Vintage Port
While I was in Vila Real in the Douro, doing some teaching at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alta Douro,
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