Everything about Portugal leads one back in time to whomever were the invaders of the time… And many there were… each creating to the overall decadent character of their architecture. By the first few decades of the 1600s, a stylish kind of architecture evolved, and is today called Manueline, or Portuguese Late Gothic.
This period is so [...]
The history of Portugal is richly fascinating, and even more amazing when you visit and see it firsthand. Being there allowed me to experience and touch its ancient past, while exploring the immensely popular and emerging wine region of the world today… the Alentejo.
I’m not going to ask you to take only my word for [...]
As I’ve earlier written, To Understand Portuguese Wines, One Must First Understand the People.
This continues to be my mantra today, to which I would add the word “history” to what must also be understood. I can now say this, most especially after having spent 10 days in Portugal last fall with Delfim Costa of Enoforum [...]
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What in the world would possess someone to create this one?
Do you stand on your head to drink from it, I can’t help but wonder?
Do you pour in an entire bottle of wine to get just the right effect?
Do you invite all of your friends over for a sip?
I’m going to continue to stick with tried [...]
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Weekly Holidaze Drawing: Just leave a comment on any wine-blog entry this month, to win gifts this December:
So, I placed all of your names in my magic hat above (shiny pewter object to the left of the wine that came in this week ~ J Wines and Austria’s Laurenz V.); one for each entry, for [...]
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