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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

In earlier posts we have talked about what the 2 dimensional barcode (QR Code) is on our backlabels. It represents an AVIN or a unique number for a specific wine inclusive of vintage. So i.e.,  Cortes de Cima 2006 has AVIN2963357522954, while Cortes de Cima 2007 has AVIN0292755246691. Using a mobile phone equipped with a [...]

We just received news of the latest Parker ratings for our current vintages. Here they are:-
CHAMINÉ TINTO 2008 - RATING: 85 points
The 2008 CHAMINE Tinto, the winery’s entry level
 red, is principally Syrah and Aragonez. Grapey, 
young and exuberant, this is a wine that is long in 
fun. Aromatic and flavorful, it is also [...]