“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. [...]

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 [...]

We are excited to learn that Cortes de Cima has been selected for the International Wine and Spirit Competition’s Portuguese Wine Producer Trophy short list.  The other 3 runner-ups are Vinhos Barbeito, Henriques and Henriques, and Symington Family Estates and the results will be anounced at a banquet on 17th November at London´s Guildhall.   Our [...]

If you have ever visited our cellar door shop at the winery, you would have noticed that the walls are filled to the brim with Trophies, Gold Medals, Best of Class and Best of Nation Awards - over 60 at last tally, and still counting! If you visited there this week, [...]

This next post is an entry sent in from our Montreal based agent, Maxime Balthazard, of Vins Balthazard. We started to export to Quebec in 2002, and sales have steadily built up over the years, bringing Quebec into the strong position of No. 1 among our export markets.
“Philippe Lapeyrie, this kid of the wine world [...]

From San Francisco to Portugal - from Portugal to San Francisco.
There couldn’t possibly be another Portuguese winery more thrilled than we were at winning the BEST of NATION Special Award for Portugal from the San Francisco International Wine Challenge 2008. There’s a very simple reason - San Francisco is my native town, albeit I have [...]