Finally, the launch of the wine you have all been waiting for – Touriga Nacional 2005 – winner of the Portuguese Red Wine Trophy at the International Wine Challenge London 2008.

This is  the first time the International Wine and Spirit Competition  has decided to award a Trophy to Portugal, and the decision to create the category, was largely due to our outstanding results in this year’s competition, which most certainly merited a Trophy!

Now that our teenage children have left the winery to attend boarding school outside of Portugal, we seize any chance to arrange impromptu family gatherings, with all of us flying in from our different abodes, sic., wine fairs in Germany, tastings in Stockholm, winemaker’s dinners in Denmark. Last weekend was just such an [...]

The International Wine Challenge and the International Wine & Spirit Competition have both just announced this year’s results, coinciding with the start of the London International Wine Fair. Cortes de Cima has swept up all 3 of the Gold Medals (BEST OF CLASS) awarded to Portuguese table wines at the IWSC 2008, and [...]