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 [...]

48% Aragonez (Tempranillo), 39% Syrah, 6% Petit Verdot, 3% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Touriga Nacional e 2% Alicante Bouschet. Barrel Ageing:12 months in French Oak (80%) and American Oak (20%). Alcohol: 14%
188.900 bottles 75 cl, 400 bottles magnums
The wine shows spicy fruit on a full rich palate, elegant with a long finish. Fresh and beautifully balanced, it [...]

8 GRAN MENZIONES at Vinitaly 2011

Chaminé Branco 2010
Chaminé Tinto 2010
Cortes de Cima 2009
Syrah 2009
Aragonez 2007
Petit Verdot 2008
Touriga Nacional 2008
Cortes de Cima Reserva 2008

Recipes & Secrets – Degust’AR, Évora – Chef Antonio Nobre
Alentejan Pork tenderloin stuffed with turnip greens, game sausage and Thyme migas (serves 4)

INGREDIENTS: 800 g Alentejan pork tenderloin* 100 g game sausage w/o skin * 100 g turnip greens * 400 g day old Alentejan bread * 1 dl olive oil Cortes de Cima* [...]

A film of our history, our winemaking philosophy, our vineyards and our winemaking shot during the last harvest.