Denmark and the Danes are well known for their interest for Portwine, and on the 2nd of March the 9th edition of the Port Wine Fair in Roskilde (20 km outside Copenhagen) took place. The fair is well-known [...]
The rare and restricted Vintage Ports of the Confraria do Vinho do Porto were the guests of honour at the Portweinmesse 2023. More than 300 guests from 12 countries could taste more than 100 special category Port Wines. [...]
Fortunate over the last month to attend several festive functions looking back on memories of 2023 and optimistically forward to 2024. [...] VINTAGE PORT has been somewhat out of fashion so far this century but is coming back [...]
Exactly one decade after the first edition of O-PORT-UNIDADE in 2013 the most recent grape treading event took place in Vale Mendiz, Portugal on 22nd September. Literally bringing the harvest to an end, more than 30 producers were [...]
It all began in the restaurant business from the age of 26. Straight out of culinary school, and then earning a Hotel & Restaurant Management degree which landed me an excellent job in NYC. I was [...]
In 2006 I was speaking on the telephone to Serge Hochar, owner of the iconic Lebanese winery Chateau Musar, when I asked him where he was calling from. [...]
I think that the Confraria do Vinho do Porto, in Portugal, needs to project its action outside its traditional activities. I remember an event that was a huge success and is in the spirit of the [...]
I am an academic working in the School of Information at the University of California in Berkeley, California. And I am honoured to be a member of the Confraria. Though Information Studies may be a long way from Port [...]
I have the honor and the privilege of being the first Brazilian to be admitted to the Confraria do Vinho do Porto, in the rank of Knight, at the third Chapter on 29 May 1984. [...]
