I never wanted to go to jail, but was okay with it this one time…
While traveling to Portugal on wine business… A day in the life of a wine publicist. Trading in drinking bars for prison bars… Who knew? Even the chairs are made of iron… Such punishment. Red table cloth… All the way. A historical piece talks of days when the prison was in full swing. A waiter [...]
Can someone who can’t eat fish survive in Portugal for long?
FREE Tickets to Wine, Women & Shoes (just comment and click here for further details). Well, I did for 10 successful days, but it wasn’t always simple. This image was taken at Porto de Santa Maria, on Guincho Road. It’s located on the Atlantic Ocean, north of Lisbon. The freshness of the fish is what [...]
Amphoras Place in the History of Winemaking, As Seen in Alentejo, Portugal
As I’ve earlier written, To Understand Portuguese Wines, One Must First Understand the People. This continues to be my mantra today, to which I would add the word “history” to what must also be understood. I can now say this, most especially after having spent 10 days in Portugal last fall with Delfim Costa of [...]
To Understand Portuguese Wines, One Must First Understand the People
Having spent 10 days in Portugal, as the guest of my client Enoforum Wines, my world of wine just became greatly expanded. It didn’t begin with the wine, though, it began with the people. In this coming week, I’m going to be exploring what I’ve just learned. It began the moment I was picked up [...]
Images of Portugal That Speak One Thousand Words
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Images of a Journey into the Portugese Culture, to better understand their wines
I’m finally able to get some of my own images onto this blog, but I am still limited with time and resources. Leaving the US and trying to reestablish an office has been a bear, because we’ve also got full days and nights of exploration away from my computer and connectivity. wine-blog-org_lisbon_smallcars These are images [...]
Top Ten Things I’ve Learned at the European Wine Bloggers Conference
Crashed in Lisbon today ~ Too Much of a Good Thing. I’m sitting in the lobby of the VIP Grand Hotel, checked out and waiting for everyone to return from the bus trips that I passed on. When they do return, Gwendolyn Alley and Iwill be heading to Evora this evening, for the next leg [...]
