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Quinta do Vallado 2009 – Touriga Nacional

May 10, 2012
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I was in the Douro Valley recently to discover the red table wines of the region. Although the Douro Valley has historically been identified with the production of port wine, they have always produced rustic table wines for the local population. Until about 20 years ago, the table wines of the region were not exported. [...]

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Preto Branco, Portuguese Red Wine

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Portugal has so many diverse and unknown wine regions that it would be easy to spend a day just talking about all that we don’t know about the country and it’s wines. Sure, everyone knows about the Douro Valley and their justly famous port wines and some may be familiar with Vinho Verde – the [...]

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Graham’s 2003 Vintage Port

December 19, 2011
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It’s getting to be that time of year, time to pull out the Port. Once the weather starts to turn cool it’s always a good idea to start pouring that fortified Portuguese red wine to ward off the cold. Although there are so many choices for Christmas Day pudding. Graham’s Port was founded in 1820 [...]

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All About Port

December 16, 2011
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There’s something about Christmas that brings the port onto the table. It could be the classic port and stilton combination or maybe it’s the air of celebration. Whatever the reason, sales of port soar in the approach to Christmas and many people who would normally never touch this fortified red wine find themselves happily quaffing [...]

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Tons de Duorum 2008: a Portuguese Red Blend

July 12, 2011
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Winemakers are a friendly lot and it seems they like nothing more then getting together to chew the fat. Sometimes collaborations spring from these gab sessions which is how I like to think of how the two Portuguese winemakers, Joao Portugal Ramos and Jose Maria Soares, met. However they met, they eventually decided to join [...]

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Gloria 2007, a Red Wine from the Douro, Portugal

April 22, 2011
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I do enjoy Portuguese dry red wines, and none more so then the blends that come from the Douro Valley. The Douro DOC is more commonly known as the home of Port but over the past few years, the grapes that come from the steep terraces that line the Douro river are now being used [...]

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