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A Portuguese Passage to India and some Cricket

I was fortunate to be part of the group of 14 adventurous Portuguese winemakers who travelled to India in November, on our first forage into this promising new market. New Delhi, Goa and Mumbai were the venues of the biggest ever tastings of Portuguese wines ever to be shown in India.
“While presenting wines, Subhash Arora, [...]

Library Wines – drink now or cellar?

“How well do Alentejan table wines age in general, and more specifically, Cortes de Cima wines age?” This is a question we are constantly asked, and one which lead us to decide to participate in a recent debut ‘Library Collection’ tasting, a new initiative organized by MWsTim Atkin and Charles Metcalfe. [...]

Fanfare at the Guildhall, and bringing home a Trophy to Portugal

Now that our teenage children have left the winery to attend boarding school outside of Portugal, we seize any chance to arrange impromptu family gatherings, with all of us flying in from our different abodes, sic., wine fairs in Germany, tastings in Stockholm, winemaker’s dinners in Denmark. Last weekend was just such an [...]

Danish Xmas Lunch at Cortes de Cima

Saturday 13th December 2008

Plan a weekend outing to the Alentejo in early December, and let us help you get into the Christmas spirit! Our Danish chef Bjarne Otto, will be serving a buffet of traditional Danish Christmas fare, served with a complete tasting of our entire range of currently available wines, while admiring the views [...]

in Vino Veritas in Macau

Macau has long been a good market for Portuguese wines. The Portuguese first arrived there in 1550, and undoubtedly quickly passed their fondness for port and table wines to their Macanese hosts. Following the Chinese takeover in 1999, prosperity has grown in leaps and bounds for the 551,900 people. Today the [...]

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