The rules of the wine game are being rewritten. Or rather, they have been rewritten last August in Brussels (Regulations R479/2008, 555/2008, R606/2009 and R607/2009), and now it is up to each winemaking region across Europe to decide how to interpret them, and how far to adopt the new rules. In Alentejo there is a [...]
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“Um branco moderno e elegante. Muito harmonioso.” (4/5) – José António Salvador, SETE, Visão 11.02.10
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The 2010 wine fair season is upon us! March starts off with Essência do Vinho in Porto, a lively consumer event, following which we will be as usual at Prowein, the big international trade wine fair in Dusseldorf, and then over to Montreal for the Salon des Vins .
Obviously a winery our size, can’t do [...]
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In 1991, we were the first ones to plant Syrah in the Alentejo, choosing rootstock from southern Rhone clones. We produce two pure Syrah varietals in our range. The ‘reserve’ quality which is specially bottled under the ‘Incógnito’ label, and is only bottled in exceptional years, and a less concentrated, more popular wine, labeled as [...]
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Meet the artists behind our beautiful labels – the Blincoes! Meet Anna’s mother, Karen, our label designer, and Hans cousin. Karen Blincoe is a designer, educationalist and environmentalist and the Founder and Creator of ICIS, the International Centre for Creativity, Innovation and Sustainability in Denmark. Karen is known nationally and internationally in the fields of design [...]
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