My idea of Vinho Verde wine, prior to coming to Portugal and immersing myself in an enormous sea of stunningly delicious Vinho Verde wines, was that it was a rather simple fruity white wine that could be sipped on a hot summer’s day. In my mind, it was just a fun little drink, nothing too…
Month: December 2015
The Mad Ones
“You must give up the life you planned in order to have the life that is waiting for you.” – Joseph Campbell A sales agent at the wine fair was pitching her company’s wines to me and a friend this summer. My friend knew the winemaker and was curious to try his latest vintage. He examined its…
The Winemaker: Luis Seabra
Luis Seabra, another Lisbonite living in Porto, is an experienced and exceptional Portuguese winemaker. He studied viticulture at the Universidade de Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), did his masters in winemaking at the Universidade Catolica and has been making wine since 2000. For close to a decade Luis worked as a winemaker for Niepoort at…