Last week I wrote about exploring new wine regions and the newest region I have explored is the Dão region of Portugal. To really understand a wine region, it is important to understand the terroir. Our first visit on our trip was to Julia Kemper Wines and it was there that we began to understand what makes the Dão region unique. You can read the entire story I wrote in the Napa Valley Register here.
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It rained the night we arrived in the Dão region of Portugal, but by the morning, the rain had subsided. It was damp outside and the ground was wet as we arrived at our first winery visit, Julia Kemper Wines.
As we got out of the shuttle, we were greeted by a woman in high-heeled boots, tights, a short skirt, scarf and long, flowing hair holding a box of fresh chestnuts. It was Julia de Melo Kemper who welcomed us to her property.
