We have felt the earth tremor numerous times during the few decades we have lived in the Alentejo, though thank god, never of any magnitude to cause material damage – not even a broken wine bottle! Most of the quakes have had their epicenters in Spain, Algarve, or off the south-western Atlantic coast. But we [...]
A film of our history, our winemaking philosophy, our vineyards and our winemaking shot during the last harvest.
2010 – reminiscences of a year gone.
A year marred by Hans’ crash landing of his Cessna 182 into an oak tree here at Cortes de Cima in October, due to motor failure at low altitude. Miraculously, the only casualty was the airplane, and the only injury was a minor lumbar fracture, which he is [...]
One day back in 2003, an amicable white haired Polish/French gentleman came up our drive, bearing an empty bottle of Cortes de Cima, explaining that he had drunk the wine at his friend’s house in Porto, and loved it so much that he had driven the 475 km from Porto to Cortes de Cima, just to [...]
47 long years have past since Hans Kristian Jorgensen last called Denmark his home. This weekend he will be going back for a brief visit (it’s never easy to get him away from his vineyards for long) to attend the Silkeborg Vinfestival, organized by our Danish importer HJ Hansen. There, Hans and his wife Carrie will be pouring [...]
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