Discovering the Dão Part 3: The Three Little Brothers

“Mais vale uma enxada na mão do que uma mão inchada” (Better to have a hoe in hand than a swollen hand) I’m really behind on my wine writing but before time slips too far away and my keyboard writes stories of (gasp) Italian wines, I’ve carved out some wine time to backtrack and write…

Discovering the Dão Part 1: Lagar de Darei

 “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” – Lao Tzu   Dão: a mountainous wine region in north central Portugal in the province of Beira. After the Douro DOC, it is the second oldest demarcated wine region in Portugal, one that is authentically Portuguese – free of foreign influence – in its vitivinicultural history. …