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Portugal Wine Guide

The Unpretentious Guide to Portuguese Wine

“The ultimate concise and portable guidebook for travelers, casual wine enthusiasts, aficionados, and professionals.”

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Harvest/crush ride along with Wines of Portugal. Pitstop in Porto: Wine journalists in the wild... And randomly bumped into the man, myth, and legend Dirk Niepoort, who graciously provided some good company and some of his brilliant wine on the list
Prohibition is long gone, but the cross-border booze run tradition lives on internationally. Who makes these runs for the border? Find out in my latest for VinePair. *** LINK IN BIO *** @vinepair #Bootleg #Alcohol #BoozeRun #Smuggler #Spirits #Wi
Harvest/crush ride along with Wines of Portugal. Stop #5 Confession: I never bothered to visit Quinta da Aveleda in person. Because their entry-level cuvées are ubiquitous and available globally, I never really thought to do so. My mistake,
Garnacha has a fresh look in Spain. Can it catch the wave as red wine drinkers trend ever more toward elegance? Let's take a look in my latest piece for VinePair... *** LINK IN BIO *** @vinepair @vinosnavarra #Spain #SpanishWine #Garnacha #Grenache