AROUND THE 19th CONCOURS MONDIAL IN PORTUGAL (3) – DISCOVERING VINHO VERDE
VINHO VERDE in a nutshell 7,000 km² – 21,000 ha (51,892 acres) – above 129,000 parcels of vineyard – more than 25,500 wine growers – 600 wine bottlers – 85 million litres produced per year (85% white)...
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Viticulture: mix of tradition and modernity The Vinho Verde vineyards are mostly located in the valleys, low or on the hill slopes. Traditionally, the vines were growing on or between trees… You still...
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Please read previous and next articles about Vinho Verde Grape varieties During the first official tasting of Wines of Portugal, we got a fantastic presentation (partly marketing, partly true) about...
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Please read previous and next articles about Vinho Verde The previous information should be giving you the necessary guideline, as I wrote… Unfortunately, it doesn’t always. Why? Just because many...
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Please read previous and next articles about Vinho Verde Among all the Vinho Verde wines we tasted during one week in Portugal and the ones I tasted earlier in the Netherlands, I would recommend you...
View ArticleAROUND THE 19th CONCOURS MONDIAL IN PORTUGAL (9) – TOURISM & GASTRONOMY
Please read previous and next articles During the 19th edition of the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, jurors and staff visited different regions, cities and monuments in the Minho (Vinho Verde) and...
View ArticleQUINTA DA ALORNA (TEJO)… BEST KEPT SECRET?
Please read previous articles about Portugal During the 19th edition of the CONCOURS MONDIAL DE BRUXELLES in Guimarães, a great tasting was organized by WINES OF PORTUGAL at the PAÇO DOS DUQUES DE...
View ArticleA VISIT TO AMORIM (1)…
After 2 days of round trips, tastings, workshops, presentations, lunches and dinners in the Vinho Verde region and 3 days of judging, lunches, visits in the Vinho Verde and Douro regions, presentations...
View ArticleA VISIT TO AMORIM (2)…
* Please read also the first part of this article before this one * THE VISIT Whatever the kind of product is, it is always interesting to follow the process from raw product to end-product. The visit...
View ArticleBEST KEPT SECRET OF TEJO GETS FAMOUS
In May 2012, I wrote some lines about what was my most interesting discovery during my last trip to Portugal (as jury member at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2012, Guimarães). I even called it ‘THE...
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