Porto – Missinwine

By - Caroline
Posted on January 27, 2012
Posted in Food and Wine Pairing, Porto, Vendredis du Vin, vinocamp
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Perfect Lisbon visit combining Niepoort 1984 Colheita and Pasteis de Belem

Today the theme for the Vendredis du Vin is “Le Vin et les Voyages” or Wine and Travel – a topic which is right up my street so I decided to write my first Vendredis du Vin post :-) I know I know I should write it in French, however as Rome was not build

By - Caroline
Posted on January 23, 2012
Posted in Porto, terroir, wine eductation, Wine Origins, Wine Regions, Wine Review

A little Port history at the Graham’s & Sandeman’s lodge in Villa Nova de Gaia

In the run up to this Fridays’s first International #PortDay organised by the Centre for Wine Origins I would like to share the beautiful experience fellow #winelover Onneca Guelbenzu and I had visiting a few Port Lodges at the end of November. We felt very fortunate to learn more about the Port History and taste

By - Caroline
Posted on December 22, 2011
Posted in General wine biz stuff, Porto, wine eductation, wine marketing, Wine Regions, Wine Review, wine tasting
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Lessons learned at the Adegga Wine Market 2011 (#AWM2011)

On the first of December I attended the Adegga Wine Market (#AWM2011 on twitter) in Lisbon. The Wine Market is a project of Adegga, Portugal’s largest wine review site. It started out rather small 3 years ago when the Adegga team (Andre Ribeirinho, Emidio Santos, Andre Cid) contacted 13 premium Portuguese wineries and invited them

Category: Porto

Perfect Lisbon visit combining Niepoort 1984 Colheita and Pasteis de Belem

A little Port history at the Graham’s & Sandeman’s lodge in Villa Nova de Gaia

Lessons learned at the Adegga Wine Market 2011 (#AWM2011)