Last month I was travelling in Asia with a group of winemakers participating in the International Wine Challenge Asian Trade Tastings, and everywhere talk was of the upcoming Mooncake or Mid-Autumn Festival. This is a popular Chinese lunar harvest festival, held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, (this year [...]

Our latest reviews and ratings (issue #193)  by Robert Parker (Mark Squires) – (for more complete reviews see blogpost).

89 Points - Touriga Nacional 2008 - ”Attractive, focused and intense, with a touch of vanilla, but good fruit and aromatics and lovely structure. Intense on the finish and with an obvious backbone, it shows an elegant midpalate followed by some punch and power. [...]

“Alentejo is not Portugal’s go-to region for Touriga Nacional, but increasingly Cortes de Cima is making some pretty nice wine here.” – Mark Squires, erobertpaker.com

Here are the latest reviews and ratings (issue #193)  by Robert Parker (Mark Squires) of a few of our wines, recently released or soon to be so -
89 Points Touriga Nacional 2008 - ”Attractive, focused and [...]

30% Antão Vaz, 27% Viognier, 25% Verdelho and 18% Sauvignon Blanc. No barrel ageing. Alcohol: 12,5%
98.300 bottles 75cl, 5.000 bottles 37,5cl
Very fresh citric aromas of grapefruit and lemon grass with some lime notes. Intense, elegant palate with crisp fruit and refreshing minerality, pleasing acidity to finish.
Full Vintage note here.

“Outstanding quality and incredible values from Europe’s most dynamic wine country. Don Winkler and Mike Potashnik tasted close to 500 table wines for this report.” – i-winereview

From i-winereview’s list of Top Producers and Wines in Alentejo: Cortes de Cima Reserva and Cortes de Cima Incógnito.
“Cortes de Cima is a family [...]