Report from - Wines of Portugal ... February 26, 2009
What a tough tasting … over 200 wines from the varied regions of Portugal. Can you taste the difference between the Douro and the Dao? Alentejo and Estremadura? Beiras and Bairrada? In the end it was not about which region made the best wine, it was about which wines tasted the best. Most of these wines are not available here in Ontario, so if you can find them elsewhere give them a try - hopefully we’ll see some of these producers’ wines in the near future. Where winery info is quoted I did not make any of the spelling or grammatical errors - I was just copying straight from the guide; but no matter how silly they sound I keep in mind that their English is better than my Portuguese ... (Read more)
