Porto, the Gateway to the Douro Wine Region

Porto, formerly known as “Portus Cale” by the Romans, latin for Port of Cale, is now known as Oporto (The Port) by the locals following the Reconquest in AD 1000.  This city is full of Old-World charm with its red-tiled roofs, soaring bell towers, extravagant baroque churches, and stately buildings tumbling down the hillside to […]

Read More

The welcome surprise at the Wine Bloggers’ Conference #wbc12…Portuguese wines!

Posted on September 4, 2012     3 Comments

Portuguese wines were a huge surprise to me the first time I tried them and continue to be whenever I initiate others into this small but grand wine world of Portuguese wines. Portugal has more to offer than just Port wines, they have amazing still wines a.k.a regular wines, that will blow you away! Having […]

Read More

Quinta do Vesuvio Estate of Symington Family Estates in Douro, Portugal

Posted on October 6, 2011

It is amazing how wines are made in this region of the world. These are “lagares” where the grapes are destemmed, pumped into these huge lake like things, everyone walks over them, extracting the best must. Then they break the seal or sombrero- hat with a long stick and collect the juice. What a great […]

Read More