The Porto Wine Brotherhood
This story originally appeared in the Napa Valley Register. In 1983, while working at The Water Club in New York, Roy Hersh was introduced to the 1963 Sandeman Port. Sommelier Sam...
16 November, 2016
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Vintage Port
Many think of Port as a drink for old British men sitting in high-back leather chairs with a cigar in hand. But Port, which comes from Oporto in the Douro...
20 November, 2015
Grapes of Portugal
It is a rare occasion that I get to attend a trade tasting, as opposed to running it. But while I am here in DC in between two trade tastings I am organizing, I was able to attend the Wines of Portugal trade tasting.
Portuguese wines are probably that most people are not familiar with. Portugal lays along the Atlantic ocean and shares a border with Spain from top to bottom. There are more than 20 DOC wine regions and 250 grape varieties native to Portugal, offering a range of diverse wine styles.
04 May, 2013