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, [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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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Latest update live from Vancouver on BeBare -
” BeBare New York has just recently passed (October 9, 2008) and it was a huge success! Rose Charities raised at least $35.000, with donations still coming in! Milk Gallery was a perfect venue, and the “buzz” in NY all seemed very positive.
All the reviews [...]
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An impressive array of foreign journalists descended upon Cortes de Cima and Beja this past weekend, in connection with a big wine exhibition, VINIPAX, a name derived from Beja’s Roman ‘Pax Julia’ , appropriate as the Romans were once prolific winegrowers in this area!
The event was orchestrated by a known [...]
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