Tag Archive | "Alentejo"
Portugal’s new airport in the heart of the Alentejo, serious wine country
Last month I was invited on the inaugural flight to a new civil airport in Beja, Alentejo, which operates on a weekly basis from Heathrow on Sundays, 22 May – 9 Oct. I couldn’t make it but I’m pretty sure I’ll be availing myself of it another time. You see Beja is a bit of a hot [...]
Continue reading...Delibrett…Herdade do Arrepiado Brett Edition Syrah 2007 – making a virtue out of brettanomyces
Posted Wednesday 28th April 2010
I’m heading towards the end of 3 weeks judging wine and, if there’s a fault that continues to provoke lively debate, it’s brett, full name Brettanomyces (also known as Dekkera). Brett is a naturally occurring yeast which can impart a bandaid or animal quality (from barnyard to horse sweat) to wine. For some, it’s a [...]
Continue reading...Worship at the altar of Alentejo?
Posted Tuesday 10th November 2009
Portugal’s UK market share still hovers around a measly 1%, though if you take a look at retailers’ lists, you can be sure that wines from the Alentejo region, which I’ve just visited, account for a fair percentage of them. Why? A clue lies in one of its nicknames, “the Australia of Portugal.” The building [...]
Continue reading...The Wine Show – heads up on a steal…
Posted Friday 23rd October 2009
I’ve been presenting Portuguese wines at The Wine Show in Islington today and head off to Alentejo in southern Portugal tomorrow for Vinipax and journo visits. In London, the show goes on over the weekend and I cannot recommend highly enough buying some Esporao Reserve Branco 2008 on a special show 3 for 2 deal [...]
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Posted Sunday 5th June 2011
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