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Re: Announcing Wine Blog Wednesday 38 – Portuguese Table Wines with Caveats!

Finner — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:47:22 -0000

I went on line searching for some details on a Portuguese wine tasting event in Detroit, the first of its kind, and I've stumbled onto your site. I promise to get back when I've got more time but I have a few recommendations on Portuguese table wines after living there for 3 years.

There are so many good wines it's difficult to select a few but I will throw a few names out there for anyone who's interested. In general the Alentejo region is making the best wines for the average drinker. The Dao and Douro wines tend to be earthy but the higher end wines from those regions are among the best. The climate is very different thoughout the country so you really need to try wines from several regions to find the flavor you like. Many of the Vintners are making blends, not a common practice from our North American Vintners but highly desirable in my book. Some personal favorites include Quinta Do Mouro, Tinta da Anfora (very reasonable), Redomo, and with the right food like pasta, Periquita can be outstanding. I would also recommend Joao Pires as an excellent white wine for fish, or just sitting on the deck on a warm sunny day eating Olives, bread, and some fresh Quejo Fresco. ]

Re: Announcing Wine Blog Wednesday 38 – Portuguese Table Wines with Caveats!

Finner — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:47:22 -0000

Re: Announcing Wine Blog Wednesday 38 – Portuguese Table Wines with Caveats!

David J Rodriguez — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:24:36 -0000

(--take two-- just in case this is a more apporpiate 'space'?)

Saludos-- hope you raise the bar & establish a new participant record!

http://vinomadic.blogspot.com/2007/10/wine-blog...

2348 h. I'm a rank, process-oriented late-modernist in this post-post modern (blog) world...I opened the more expensive (26.50 + 6.5?% tax) 1996 Quinta do Carmo-- 'drink now through 2001' says the WS blurb on this North Carolina online merchant's page. Whoops.
The '91 is very slowly opening & seems to be holding up amazingly well-- some light but lively sour cherry in there! I'll check in & publish this now, but, like the proto-pop modernist old serials & 'graphic novles' (glorified comics?) used to put it,
(...continuará...!)

...yeah, in another cultural context-- Johnny Carson!-- 'More to Come!'

Re: Announcing Wine Blog Wednesday 38 – Portuguese Table Wines with Caveats!

David J Rodriguez — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:24:36 -0000

(--take two-- just in case this is a more apporpiate 'space'?)

Saludos-- hope you raise the bar & establish a new participant record!

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2348 h. I'm a rank, process-oriented late-modernist in this post-post modern (blog) world...I opened the more expensive (26.50 6.5?% tax) 1996 Quinta do Carmo-- 'drink now through 2001' says the WS blurb on this North Carolina online merchant's page. Whoops.

The '91 is very slowly opening & seems to be holding up amazingly well-- some light but lively sour cherry in there! I'll check in & publish this now, but, like the proto-pop modernist old serials & 'graphic novles' (glorified comics?) used to put it,

(...continuará...!)

...yeah, in another cultural context-- Johnny Carson!-- 'More to Come!'

Re: Announcing Wine Blog Wednesday 38 – Portuguese Table Wines with Caveats!

David J Rodriguez — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:24:36 -0000

Re: Announcing Wine Blog Wednesday 38 – Portuguese Table Wines with Caveats!

David J Rodriguez — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:24:36 -0000

Re: Announcing Wine Blog Wednesday 38 – Portuguese Table Wines with Caveats!

Carol — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:37:22 -0000

Mine's up! Don't think the trackback worked, so here is a link: http://tinyurl.com/2hu457

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Carol — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:37:22 -0000

Mine's up! Don't think the trackback worked, so here is a link: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2hu457 ">http://tinyurl.com/2hu457

Re: Announcing Wine Blog Wednesday 38 – Portuguese Table Wines with Caveats!

Carol — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:37:22 -0000

Mine's up! Don't think the trackback worked, so here is a link: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2hu457 ">http://tinyurl.com/2hu457

Re: Announcing Wine Blog Wednesday 38 – Portuguese Table Wines with Caveats!

Carol — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:37:22 -0000

Mine's up! Don't think the trackback worked, so here is a link: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2hu457 ">http://tinyurl.com/2hu457

Re: Announcing Wine Blog Wednesday 38 – Portuguese Table Wines with Caveats!

Julie (Tucker) Legrand — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:01:14 -0000

We're HUGE fans of Portuguese wine - and on hot afternoons we pull out a bottle of Vino Verdhe as it's cool and crisp, but low in alcohol. In fact, if I may do some shameless promotion, we published a WinePassport: Portugal last year. For those of you who aren't familiar with SmartsCo's products, we like to distill it down to the quick and dirty on our subjects. I'm sure top wine bloggers don't need the basics, but they do get to the point. Will post something on our site tomorrow. Cheers - Julie

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Julie (Tucker) Legra — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:01:14 -0000

Re: Announcing Wine Blog Wednesday 38 – Portuguese Table Wines with Caveats!

Julie (Tucker) Legra — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:01:14 -0000

Re: Announcing Wine Blog Wednesday 38 – Portuguese Table Wines with Caveats!

Julie (Tucker) Legra — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:01:14 -0000

Re: Announcing Wine Blog Wednesday 38 – Portuguese Table Wines with Caveats!

Jessica Yadegaran — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:59:06 -0000

Gabriella -- I'd love to participate. Just hit a Portuguese event here in SF so I'm ripe with love for Iberian wines. How do I do it? Just blog about the wine on Oct. 10 (or is it the 17th?) and link to your site? Do I need to register anywhere? Thanks for the help, and for organizing.
Cheers,
Jessica Yadegaran, Corkheads

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Jessica Yadegaran — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:59:06 -0000

Re: Announcing Wine Blog Wednesday 38 – Portuguese Table Wines with Caveats!

Wine — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:44:31 -0000

Nice wine resource ty

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Re: Announcing Wine Blog Wednesday 38 – Portuguese Table Wines with Caveats!

Wine — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:44:31 -0000

Nice wine resource ty

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Re: Announcing Wine Blog Wednesday 38 – Portuguese Table Wines with Caveats!

Wine — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:44:31 -0000

Nice wine resource ty

<a href="http://www.winey.info ">www.winey.info

Re: Announcing Wine Blog Wednesday 38 – Portuguese Table Wines with Caveats!

Wine — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:44:31 -0000

Nice wine resource ty

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Re: Announcing Wine Blog Wednesday 38 – Portuguese Table Wines with Caveats!

Tim — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 09:10:27 -0000

Ryan and Gabriella, you're doing a great job here and I'm excited to see you're hosting WBW. Nice write up too.

I've been planning to check out some Portuguese wines and this gives me the push to stop delaying. Yay! I've experienced the same difficulty finding Portuguese wines that some others have mentioned. But I've managed to come up with a bottle from Dão and another from Alentejano.

Hopefully this event will send a message to distributors that there is and interest in and demand for Portuguese wine.

Re: Announcing Wine Blog Wednesday 38 – Portuguese Table Wines with Caveats!

Tim — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:10:27 -0000

Re: Announcing Wine Blog Wednesday 38 – Portuguese Table Wines with Caveats!

Bill — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:17:15 -0000

Too bad you didn't get this kind of response for the August Wine of the Month tasting!

Re: Announcing Wine Blog Wednesday 38 – Portuguese Table Wines with Caveats!

Bill — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:17:15 -0000

Too bad you didn't get this kind of response for the August Wine of the Month tasting!

Re: Announcing Wine Blog Wednesday 38 – Portuguese Table Wines with Caveats!

Gabriella — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:56:24 -0000

No, when we say Portuguese table wines, we're referring to wines outside of Port and Madeira. So if you want to find a DOC wine, Regional wine or Table wine, be our guest, just as long as it isn't Port or Madeira :-)