Dona Antónia Adelaide Ferreira or Ferreirinha, as she was affectionately known, was one of the great personalities who left their mark on the Douro wine region and the history of Port Wine. She was born in Régua in 1811 into a family of wine growers and Port Wine merchants. She was an enterprising, courageous and visionary woman, who confronted the powerful of her time, refused titles and honours, faced plagues and epidemics, went through several
In the wine world, Old World designates the wine regions belonging to "old" Europe, the Mediterranean, and some Middle Eastern countries considered the places where wine originated. It includes France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Austria, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Iran, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Azarbaijan, Jordan, Cyprus, Croatia, Georgia, Romania, Poland, Hungary and Switzerland. The New World includes all regions that introduced viticult
When should wine be decanted? And for how long? What is the effect? These are the questions asked when one thinks about decanting. But don't think that these questions are a consensual theme. Decanting is another topic that generates discussion among professionals, as with so many other issues related to the world of wine.
It is the most technical of all wines and one of the most appreciated. Its complexity is due to the second fermentation, which does not occur in conventional wines and is responsible for the most singular characteristic of these wines, the creation of bubbles. There are six methods for making sparkling wine:
Colares is a charming village reclining on two hills of the Sintra Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean. The existing vines are increasingly reducing, and their productions are limited.
It's a surviving wine region that could be in danger of extinction, which is why its wines are rare, appreciated and much sought after.
How many times have we heard: "This wine is the faithful expression of the region's terroir".
But after all, what does terroir mean and what is the influence it has on wine?