NV Vinho Verde Casal Garcia Penafiel, Portugal $13.99 Pale straw in colour with medium-light intensity. Lemon, beeswax, lime zest, melon, and a delicate hint of pineapple. Good balance and good body. Citrus, apricot, tangerine, and yellow plum on the palate followed by light medium-plus finish. Serve lightly chilled. This is a lovely good value luncheon … Read more
The occasion, an Award Ceremony cocktail and dinner of the Master of Port Canada 2022 competition at the Vancouver Club on October 12th.
Portugal boasts an impressive diversity of vineyard terroirs, from rugged mountains to verdant river valleys.
The most ambitious environmental conference ever organized for the wine community will launch as a fully online gathering May 23-26, 2022. Broadcast in four languages simultaneously (English, Spanish, French, Italian) from 8 different parts of the planet in their respective time zones.
In Portugal, as is the case in the rest of Europe, wines are named after their region, rather than by grape variety which is the fashion in new world countries.
As always some great wine suggestions from our intrepid wine reviewer Sam Hauck.
These wines provide the terroir profile specific to each vineyard creating individual expressions in each and every one of their wines.
Wines of Portugal Seminar Meet & Taste Portugal’s Native Grape Varieties!
With Spring comes the new wine releases and the Grand Tasting tour of the Wines of Portugal. An opportunity to be reminded of old favourites and also discover some new wines. This can be a double edged sword as not all the wines are available to purchase in BC. For this tasting I targeted white … Read more
Ancora Waterfront Dining and Patio Executive Chef Ricardo Valverde and Ancora False Creek Chef de Cuisine Raimund Heuser will pair their signature Peruvian-Japanese ‘Nikkei’ style of cuisine with an array of Portugal’s most celebrated wines when the restaurant hosts a one-night-only wine dinner at their False Creek location on Tuesday, April 2.