Quinta de Santiago: some lovely naturally inclined wines from Vinho Verde, Portugal
Website: Quinta de Santiago I tasted these wines with Joana Santiago, who came to work at her family estate in
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Exploring Portugal’s Tejo wine region (5) tasting the wines
This was a large tasting of Tejo wines, many of which had scored highly at a large competition in the
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Exploring Portugal’s Tejo wine region (2) Pedro Sereno and Marquês de Tomar
Pedro Sereno represents the new face of Tejo. He’s making relatively small quantities of terroir-focused wines from the Tomar in
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Exploring Portugal’s Tejo wine region (3) Casal de Coelheira
Nuno Falcão Rodrigues’ parents bought Casal de Coelheira in 1986, and he started working here in 1992. It’s the last
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Exploring Portugal’s Tejo wine region (4) Quinta do Casal Monteiro
Casal Monteiro is a relatively large vineyard that is purely on the Campo terroir of the Tejo. They are just
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Exploring Portugal’s Tejo wine region (1) an introduction
In this series of articles, published together, I’m going to be exploring the Tejo wine region in Portugal, which has
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Pêra-Manca vertical tasting: tasting multiple vintages of this cult Alentejo (Portugal) wine, plus others from the Cartuxa portfolio
Pêra-Manca is the name for the ‘cult’ red and white wines made by large Alentejo producer Adega Cartuxa, which since
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Exploring Bairrada, Portugal, on the Baga trail (1) Vadio
Luís Patrão was for a long time the wine maker at large Alentejo winery Esporão, a job he stayed in
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Porto from the water, with some interesting wines
On the Sunday of Simplesmente Vinho in Porto, a few of us had lunch on the river on a gorgeous
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The Simplesmente Vinho Jantar Pop-Up: a great evening of Portuguese food and wine
Each year at the fabulous Simplesmente Vinho festival there is a pop-up dinner, with top chefs creating interesting, authentic food
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