Surfing the net this morning, I stumbled across this great bit of detective work pieced together by Jo Diaz (Wine Blog)  in her role as advocate for Alentejan wines. Thank you Jo! Jo is a wine marketing and PR specialist based in Sonoma, but recently doing some PR work in Alentejo for some wineries here. I [...]

The Alentejo is heading north. João Portugal Ramos and Jose Maria Soares Franco have joined forces in Duorum.  More recently Herdade do Esporão has started a new project – Quinta dos Murças.  However, recent sightings of Cortes de Cima in the Douro last week, have instigated rumours of another new Alentejan-Dourense venture – [...]

We did it! We did it! Portugal’s very 1st Live Wine Blogging direct from the Alentejo! Despite a slow old-fashioned DSL connection on the Alentejan end, our Skype/ webcam communication between Cortes de Cima, Alentejo and Sala Ogival, Lisbon went without interruptions, and very little noise interference! And, blessing of all blessings, without any of [...]

The invasion has started! From all directions…Brits, Americans, Spanish, French… coming by air…by car…by train… to the first ever Portuguese Live Wine Blogging Event, being held simultaneously here at the winery of Cortes de Cima , and also in Lisbon at the Sala Ogival!
We are busy running around, checking out our WIFI connections, opening wines, and getting [...]

Hordes of foreign journalists and winebloggers are soon to descend upon the Alentejan plains.  October 24th-26th is the 3rd edition of Vinipax, a wine fair held in Beja, showcasing wine producers from Southern Portugal. We look forward to having a chance to chat with and show our wines to a bevy of foreign journalists, including Kristine Baeder [...]