Tag: Portugal

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Makers of historic sweet wines rejoice. Gen Z adores you.

Wine, Bordeaux, France, Gen Z, Germany, Italy, Loire Valley, Piedmont, Portugal, Rhone Valley, Roussillon, Sicily, Spain, Sweet, Veneto

The message my students are sending to the makers of the world’s historic sweet wines amounts to a love letter. My passion for these historic wines can only be described as a love affair.

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Reproducing Kopke’s 50-year old Tawny Port

SOMM Journal, Portugal, sensory, The Tasting Panel

With the creation of a new Tawny Port and White Port categories in March 2022, bottles sporting a 50-year age[…]

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Amorim's Dr. Paulo Lopes.

The Myth Buster: Dr. Paulo Lopes dispels long-held beliefs about cork

cork, Education, Packaging, Portugal, Research, sensory, sensory science, SOMM Journal, Technology, wine faults

When it comes to wine storage, old habits are hard to break. But Dr. Paulo Lopes, Research and Development Manager[…]

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Wine director Carlin Karr, Sons & Daughters

The New Regional Wine Values

Cheers, Wine

Beyond what a beverage director personally determines to be quality, there are few remaining tangible ways to determine the value[…]

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