AskMen.com (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
Known for its distinctive flavors and great value, Portuguese wine deserves to be discovered. Let's start with the "national grape."
Catavino (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008
Editor’s Note:As many of you are well aware, Robert Mondavi died last week. Robert Mondavi was fundamental in helping to promote and define what California wine is today. Having read a dozens of wine tributes dedicated to his memory, Ryan and I equally wanted to share our thoughts too, but we didn't feel as if [...]
Catavino (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
Awhile back, Catavino ran a feature we called the 2 + 1 Iberian Wine Survey. The idea behind the survey was not only to get wine bloggers feedback on Spanish and Portuguese wine, but also an opportunity for readers to gain a better perspective as to what's available outside the big peninsula. To be honest, [...]
Catavino (Free subscription) | 05/26/2008
If I say “white fish”, what Portuguese wine comes to mind? Possibly a crisp, dry Alvarinho? Maybe you'd even go so far to include an Alentejo white made from Arinto or Antao Vaz? All fair combinations, but I doubt you would ever say, “hey, what about a light, refreshing Port wine!” At least I hope [...]
Blind Muscat's Cellarbook (Free subscription) | 05/22/2008
Further proof of the wonders of accidental information. While working on some writing about Spanish and Portuguese wine this afternoon, I had occasion to go out to the Wine Institute website in search of some statistics on world wine production...
Trade Diversion (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
David Ricardo : Under a system of perfectly free commerce, each country naturally devotes its capital and labour to such employments as are most beneficial to each. This pursuit of individual advantage is admirably connected with the universal good of the whole... It is this principle which determines that wine shall be made in France and Portugal, that corn shall be grown in America and Poland, and...
JancisRobinson.com (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
Not all Portuguese wine is red or pink! Julia on a set of fine curiosities.
Catavino (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
Although Catavino is a site about Spanish and Portuguese wine, we’re also about culture, as wine and culture are one in the same. With this in mind, allow me to begin this post with a question, how often do you wake up in the morning, take a long deep stretch, turn to your mate and [...]
JancisRobinson.com (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
Special offer for visitors to this website for a Portuguese wine tasting at Lords cricket ground next month.
Catavino (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Sitting in the lobby of the Hotel Infante de photo credit: gorgeoux Sagres in the heart of Oporto, we’ve finally had a moment to relax after spending the day tasting some absolutely fantastic wines at the Essencia do Vinho, a Portuguese wine tasting put on by both Vini Portugal and Blue Wine Magazine. Four years [...]
Vine: Uncorked (Free subscription) | 11/06/2007
The Port and Douro Wines Institute and ViniPortugal Will Showcase More Than 100 Wines at Tastings In The US In November Targets increasingly sophisticated U.S. consumer PRESS RELEASE ------------------------ Oporto, Portugal – November 1, 2007— In response to increasing U.S....
