2008Harvest (Free subscription) | yesterday
Wednesday, 25 November 2009 … in one easy bottle. My last night in Denmark we toasted my next move by drinking a bottle of Portuguese wine – made by a Danish wine maker based in the Alentejo. This was another terrific suggestion from Thomas at Vinoteket – Cortes de Cima 2006 Vinho Tinto, Vinho Regional Alentejo. This was a blend of Syrah, Aragonez (better known as Tempranillo in...
Shaken & Stirred (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Introducing: Small Beer Press Horizons! Has Gavin got a deal for you! 5. In our super-premium “Booksellers” package—Usually $5 million, Today Only $2 million—we come to your town, open a bookshop, and stock your book. We will throw a launch party and have you do a reading and for a small additional fee we will throw in a couple of bottles of that sparkly Portuguese wine and...
Black Marble Blog Server (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Anybody who knows me well will tell you that I am prone to waxing lyrical about Portugal. Whilst I haven’t been there for a good few years now, it was a regular destination for my family when I was younger and I have strong, fond memories of the place and its food. Imagine my surprise then, when we found a Portuguese/Spanish restaurant just a few minutes away from our hotel. La Sepia is on Marburger...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The Portuguese wine has kept losing its grip on the Macao market in recent years, as its market share plummeted from about 60 percent four years ago to the current share of merely 20 percent, the Macao Post Daily reported on Tuesday. The dwindling market share was mainly caused by the big casino chains that have opened in Macao since 2002, as these casinos have contacts with the "big buyers",...
KeesKennis (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
I have served in many forms and names. And I find this amusing. Eric and Mowhawk and Shadow and Vearl and MC and Guy and Oldie and Dirty old effin Millionaire and Blob and all others service grunts/troops are free to argue All I can say is that seals sleep with girl seals even if there is mermaids around. The U. S. S. Constitution (Old Ironsides), as a combat vessel, carried 48,600 gallons of fresh...
Wine Lover's Journal (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Why not shout about the wines from the Douro (rhymes with Toro) Valley in northern Portugal? They are surprising, exciting, unique. I’ve just returned from two days in the region. The landscape includes a meandering river, sweeping valleys, terraced vineyards, and winding roads that aren’t for the faint of heart (especially when driven by Portuguese bus drivers, who love to tailgate). Port...
Confessions of a Wino (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
I’ve just returned from EWBC in Lisbon with a newfound passion for Portuguese wine. The whites impressed me most, even though they represented a mere champagne flute to the magnum of reds on display. Esporão Reserva 2007 was a leftover bottle of tinto that found its way into my luggage by means not requiring wallet surgery [...]
The Winesleuth (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Here is another wine from Casa Leal that I got to try when I was sidetracked into the Restaurant Trade Show but rather then a Portuguese wine, it’s a cava from Penedes. The cava is produced by Montau de Sadurni. The Sadurni family have been growing grapes near the village of Begues, 15 miles from Barcelona, [...]
Wine Lover's Journal (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
I am packing my bags, downloading ISpeak Portuguese, and counting the hours until I fly into Lisbon this Friday morning. The object of my anticipation is the European Wine Bloggers Conference. I’ve had the pleasure of visiting California twice for the North American Wine Bloggers Conference, and I’m really looking forward to its sister conference across the pond. I have to hand it to Gabriella...
Free Running with Kevin Ecock (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
I'm an unadulterated fan of celeb labels. What is it about me but I love the whole idea of a celeb taking an interest in wine? Am I one of the fickle ones? Do I need famous faces saying I'm 'worth it' before I believe it': I reckon we all are, in a way! Over the years I have had three lengthy columns on celeb wine labels published. I don't mention this as an excuse to preen myself - I don't need the...
Welcome to the world of geraniums (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
I have just returned from Lisbon, where I made a quick dash with my sister for a few days. It was the first time I had ever been to the lovely city. Everyone was very friendly and attentive and I fell in love with the little electricos – the trams that whizz recklessly up and down and around the city – and the tiled houses and crumbling facades. I came back with some minimalist tiled coasters,...
Spittoon (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
The end of the month sees the wine-blogospheres attention focusing on the Lisbon Wine Bloggers Conference; it's one of those countries I've long hankered to visit. For years the wines have intrigued and delighted. I recall the arrival of a handful of new listings to the shelves of the wine merchants I use to run way, way back, the exploration of those oddly named grapes (the intense, firm Baga, the...
Celebrate Wine (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
I looked last month at Portugal's wine regions because of the growing interest in that country's wines. Well, now is characterizing the growing popularity of Portuguese wines as a revolution...Every revolution has a revolutionary, and in this case it's Dirk van der Niepoort. His family's been in Portugal since 1842 and he's the fifth generation of family wine makers. How is he a revolutionary? Niepoort's...
The Wine Connoisseur (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Gary Vaynerchuk kicks off NYC Week tasting Portuguese wines with 8 fans. Published on http://wine.the-world-in-focus.com Bookmark It
Wine Blog (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
This map is borrowed from the Winesworld, The Amateur wine Guide website. For me and what I’m trying to do (understand all that I can about Portuguese wines) there’s no easier map to follow. Portugal, like all other wine grape growing countries, had distinct regions. While Port and Madeira are the most recognized styles associated with [...]
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