HAITI
March 18th we are one of the sponsors of a photo auction, “A Picture Saves A Thousand Lives” at New York’s Milk Gallery. All of the proceeds from the auction will go to ROSE Charities, to provide long-term care and rehabilitation for the survivors of the Haitian earthquake.
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
March 19th is the Annual [...]

If you are in Évora, a must see is the lovely  Hotel M’AR De AR Aqueduto. Our old friend from Beja, Chef Antonio Nobre is the chef at this hotel and their sister hotel nearby, Hotel Muralhas. A novelty in the Alentejo is the Sushi Bar, where Chef Kenzo from São Paulo demonstrates his skills [...]

A charity auction for Haiti earthquake victims. Cortes de Cima is happy to be able to partner once again with our friends and the much respected  Rose Charities for another good cause, following the success of  BeBare, the naughtiest charity auction. Save the date! Thursday March 18th at the Milk Gallery, NY.
FOTORELIEF, an all-volunteer organization and a veteran [...]

Like nervous Wall Street investors, we are also watching for green shoots. However, our intense gaze is not focused on the Dow Jones ticker tape, but towards our vines.
Early March is the time of budbreak in the vineyard. 12 March, 26 February, 2 March, 14 March are dates which stand out in the [...]

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 [...]