Hi Tonya,
Portugal has many autochthones grape varieties, red and whites.
White varieties are very interesting, with very different characters, but SYRIA also cold Códega do Larinho is fantastic, with citrons aromas of tangerine and…
I have been in the food service business for 25 years and I did what all wait people do, when it is time for a real job, you go into the wine biz. I work for a local based high end grocery store in Charlotte, NC. For fun, I like to cook, take photos of cocktails and mannequins and travel.
While waiting tables in the early 90s, my girlfriend's dad set us up on an industry tour at Chandon in Napa. That morning we started at Dean & Deluca and had coffee, scones and apricot jelly. We did our tour of sparkling wines and settled in for lunch. We had the best service, food and wine. They were lighting the candles for dinner when we were leaving. It was my first taste of an industry tour and I have never looked back. When we left Napa, we drove back to SFO and decided to see if we could go see RENT, we drove right up to the theatre and bought great seats. It was a great day!
Portugal has many autochthones grape varieties, red and whites.
White varieties are very interesting, with very different characters, but SYRIA also cold Códega do Larinho is fantastic, with citrons aromas of tangerine and orange.
Portugal Dão region has the most gastronomic wines: fresh, intense, elegant with very nice acidity, made with autochthonous grapes from very particularly varieties.
Just try.
I am a producer in Portuguese Dão region, and I suggest you to taste an old Dão.
Just see what Paul White Thinks about as:
“So far, Portugal has managed to remain true to its traditions, while at the same time offering up a huge range of distinctive grape varieties and unusual wine styles precisely when many of us are tiring of endless New World makeovers of French varietals.
Dao has a lot going for it in that respect: first rate grape varieties firmly rooted in granite-based ‘terroir’ that sparkles back like diamonds, all this shaped by a growing season that’s relatively gentler and longer than other Portuguese regions. Although relatively unknown and sometimes tricky to pronounce, Dao’s red wines offer consumers genuinely new and exciting tasting experiences.”
Visit please our web-site, for now it’s just in Portuguese, but to see photos you don’t need any translation: www.quintadaboavista.eu