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Video: reviving the tradition of making wines in amphora in the Alentejo, Portugal

January 18, 2024 jamiegoode 6451 Views Alentejo, Amphora

The south of the Alentejo wine region has a tradition of making wine in large clay amphorae known as talhas.

This experimental project was made with the grandson of Vinho Verde biodynamic pioneer Fernando Paiva, of Quinta da Palmirinha. Paiva

‘My background is from the pharmaceutical industry,’ says Constantino. ‘My family didn’t produce wine.’ He did a degree in pharmacy

January 8, 2024 jamiegoode 4169 Views Vinho Verde

Constantino Ramos came from the pharmaceutical industry, where he was running clinical trials, and shifted to his passion, wine. He

As part of the program at the 2023 Arlberg Weinberg festival, sommelier Amanda Wassmer-Bulgin compered this session with Ricardo Freitas

When it comes to table wines, we tend to think of the Douro as a red wine region, but it’s

Website: https://www.100igual.pt/ João Camizao and Leila Camizao Rocha (pictured above) came into winegrowing from the outside. He was (and still

Jamie Goode heads to the Portuguese wine region of Bairrada, on the trail of the region’s star red grape variety,

Dirk Niepoort has long been interested in the terroirs of Bairrada. He thinks that the combination of the chalky clay

June 9, 2023 jamiegoode 5400 Views Vinho Verde

Website: Quinta de Santiago I tasted these wines with Joana Santiago, who came to work at her family estate in