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• Catavino Heads to Lisbon!

  Published: July 30, 2007, 7:00 am

  Tags: Events, Travel, Portugal, Blog, Bacalhau, Isn't, Fished, The, Tastiest, Memories, Factories, Process, 1497, Millenial, Arose, Good, Quality, Arrived, Revealed

  and house combined! While Portugal has the mournful tear-jerking songs of fado, soccer stars like Eus bio, and the delicious but quickly dwindling white fish, Bacalau. Portugal is also the home of handcrafted quality wine that has sadly remained in the shadows of its big brother, Spain. Some of you may be intimately familiar with the notion

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• Tomatoes with your Wine - What do you like? + a Bonus Story!

  Published: August 2, 2007, 7:33 am

  Tags: Food, Rooftop, Garden, Making, The, Bigger, Planter, Truth, Space, Poll, Head, Portugal, Night, Gabriella, Harvested, Tomato

  story before we head off to Portugal. Last night, Gabriella and I harvested our first tomatos from our rooftop garden. Well, in truth “garden” is a bit misleading, because it’s more like rooftop “planter” or rooftop space. After told that we need to find a new home, we’ve put all projects on hold. Rest assured

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• Back from Portugal with a belly full of wine

  Published: August 2, 2007, 12:18 pm

  Tags: Virtual Tasting, Events, Portugal, Blog, Planes, Automobile, Adventure, Traveling, The, Cork, Forests, Implored, Communicate, Portugal, Trains, Start, Clarifyinig, Something, Starting, Catavino Net, Walked, Line, House, Terrassa, Week Four, Short, Days

  the month of August is that Portugal is the place for wine lovers to visit. We all know about wine tourism in Napa, France, Italy and Spain, but few of you know about the treasure that lies here in Portugal. Portugal is a stunningly beautiful country with two main bustling cities of Oporto and Lisbon, both complete with major airports nearby.

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• Portugal’s Wine Demarcation

  Published: August 3, 2007, 2:01 pm

  Tags: Algarbe, Terras Do Sado, Acores, Extremadura, Wine Education, Portuguese Doc S, Alentejano, Ribatejano, Portugal, Regional Profile, Vinho S Regional, Minho, Beiras, Tras Os Montes, Blog, Alvarinho, Avesso, Loureiro Alvarinho, Medium, Sized, Accentuated, Flavour, High, Graduatio

  67 quality wine regions Portugal: 33 quality wine regions Regional Wines: Spain: approximately 8 wine regions Portugal: 11 wine regions Table Wines For all wines that don’t fall into either of the two categories above are listed as a Table Wine in both Spain and Portugal. One can safely say that both Spain’s and

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• Restaurant Profile- Sacramento - Lisbon, Portugal

  Published: August 6, 2007, 4:00 pm

  Tags: Food, Travel, Dao, Vinho Verde, Vinho S Regional, Alentejano, Portugal, Honest, Planned, Eating, Here

  by Taylor Fladgate in Douro, PortugalNote: 100% Malvesia from the Douro. Fantastic rich buttery white port with light notes of vanilla and almonds. Wonderful served chilled as an aperitif. Food pairing: Aperitif Rating: 4 (in 5)(Tasted on August 6, 2007) Vinha da Defesa 2006White wine produced by Herdade do Espor o in Alentejo, PortugalNote:

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• Masks and Wines in Lisbon

  Published: August 7, 2007, 4:00 pm

  Tags: Vinho Verde, Dao, Events, Vinho S Regional, Portugal, General, White Sparkling, Podcast, The, Unexpected, Infact, Love, Stumbling, Memories, Created, Life, Friends, Story

  the following day at Vini Portugal. More on that later, but for now, enjoy the audio! History of M scara Ib rica M scara Ib rica (Iberian Mask) exposition will be traveling throughout Iberia until the 5th of November. The goal of the exposition is not only to create more cross cultural dialogue between Spain and Portugal, but also as an

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• Pena de Pato Wines from Sogrape Vinhos

  Published: August 10, 2007, 4:00 pm

  Tags: Dao, Alentejo, Douro, Vinho Verde, Bodega Profile, Portugal, Tasting Note, Pena, Pato, Vinho, Verde, 2006, White, Alentejo, 2004, Red, Douro, Dao, Herdade, Peso, Vineyard, Selected, Private, Vineyards, Tinta, Roriz, Alfrocheiro, Preto, Barroca

  in the Northeast region of Portugal with 13.35% alcohol and blended with Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz and Tinta Barroca. Pena de Pato Alentejo 2004 (Red): Produced in the South of Portugal from both Sogrape’s Herdade do Peso vineyard and selected private vineyards with 14% alcohol and blended with Aragones, Trincadeira,

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• Lancers and Mateus - Representing a Nation of Wine

  Published: August 13, 2007, 6:44 am

  Tags: Alentejo, Arruda, Tempranillo Ull De Llebre, Tinta Barroca, Alenquer, Beira Interior, Portuguese Doc S, Bodega Profile, Podcast, Tour, Portugal, Tasting Note, Established, The, Port, Wine, Right, Cellar, Rest, Portugal, Equal

  Behar even stepped foot into Portugal, Fernando van Zeller Guedes, SOGRAPE’s founder, wanted to launch an attractive and interesting wine from Portugal that had international appeal. Not local appeal, but international. This is not an easy task when considering the lack of information Van Zeller Guedes had at his fingertips in 1942. Without

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• Bodega Profile - Cortes de Cima - Alentejo

  Published: August 13, 2007, 4:00 pm

  Tags: Syrah, Touriga Nacional, Trincadeira, Cabernet Sauvignon, Alentejano, Portugal, Vinho S Regional, Bodega Profile, Internationalpr Osborne Es Webpage, Www Osborne Es Bodega, Founded, Pedro, Ximenez, 1827, Rare, Sherries, 10rf, Santa, Maria, Cream, Medium, Rich, Golden, Premium

  7960-909 Vidigueira Portugal Telephone: (00+351) 284- 460060 Fax: (00+351) 284- 460068 Email: wine@cortesdecima.pt Webpage: www.cortesdecima.pt Bodega Founded:1988 Hectares of Vines: 120 Grape Varieties Grown: Aragonez 36 hectares; Syrah - 36 hectares; Trincadeira - 10 hectares; Touriga Nacional -11 hectares; Cabernet Sauvignon - 2

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• Beyond the Algarve

  Published: August 14, 2007, 7:51 am

  Tags: Travel, Portugal, Walking Holidays, Cultural Trips

  Few tourists venture into the rugged inlands of Portugal. Can the country's new nature reserve change all that, asks David Batty.

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• Part 1: The Real Cork - Video

  Published: August 14, 2007, 4:06 pm

  Tags: Events, Portugal, Covered, Views

  Now that we’ve covered our views on cork and exactly where it comes from, we’d like to offer a visual descriptor as both a summary of the harvest and as a precursor as to what you can expect in Part 2 when we describe our tour of the Amorim cork factory. Enjoy the show! Cheers, Gabriella Share This

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• SUMMER BREAK

  Published: August 17, 2007, 4:34 pm

  Tags: Penina, Alvor, Algarve, Portugal

  ALGARVE - AUGUST 2005There are many places to go on holidays; but everything considered, if you want to have a nice time on the beach or if you love golf and don't want to run the risk of the rain ruining your swing, the place to go is the Algarve. Peaceful (notwithstanding the presence of some more energetic July/August tourists), good food,

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• Coasting all the way

  Published: August 17, 2007, 6:57 pm

  Tags: Travel, Guardian Saturday Travel Section, Cycling Holidays, Portugal, Extreme Sports Holidays

  Mountain biking in the heat of the Algarve might sound like hard work, but with a descent that goes on for miles this course is more about exhilaration than perspiration.

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• Bodega Profile - Casa de Darei - D o, Portugal

  Published: August 20, 2007, 6:06 am

  Tags: Dao, Portuguese Doc S, Portugal, Bodega Profile, Mail Casadedarei Pt Webpage, Www Casadedarei Pt, Warning, Flash, Lagar, Darei, Vinho, Branco Importers, Tinto, Quinta, 3530, Mangualde Telephone, Bical, Arinto Enologist, Pedro, Pareira Wines, Elaborated, Alfrocheiro, Tinta, Rori

  While in Portugal, I had the chance to taste Quinta de Darei’s wines at Sala Ogival with Jose Cunha, the nephew of the winery owner. Bought in 1997 after 2 decades of abandonment, the current owners are intent in reviving old traditions and to become, what they hope, is a prestigious D o wine producer. After restoring and utilizing old

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• Bodega Profile - Quinta do Gradil - VR Estremadura

  Published: August 17, 2007, 7:47 am

  Tags: Vinho S Regional, Portugal, Bodega Profile, Tasting Note, Quaint, Sitting, Dining, Area, The, Houses, Big, Cushy, Leather, Sofas, Martim, Joanes, Gradil, Restore, Palace, Create, Open, Terrace, Founded, Restructuring, Vineyards, Exquisite, Room, Dating, Arinto, Cercila, Fernao

  during our recent trip to Portugal. Luis Vieria is also the owner of Goanvi, one of the largest bottling companies in Portugal, and bought Quinta do Gradil as an opportunity to produce an estate wine. In this article, we focus solely on 3 wines elaborated by Quinta do Gradil, saving the wines elaborated by Goanvi, as well as the bottling

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