The Reason #10 February celebrations around the world Dear reader February was a busy month! This month, we had plenty of reasons to celebrate - Valentine's Day, Carnival, the Lunar New Year - even if we could do it from the comfort of our homes. What really matters is that they're memorable and likely to create good feelings (let's stay positive!).

ALVARINHO Alvarinho is one of Portugal's most notable white grape varieties. It's a very old, low-production grape variety that is mainly planted in the Monção and Melgaço area (Vinhos Verdes region). It can take two distinct forms: small, slightly compact bunches with small, golden berries or medium-sized bunches with larger berries that remain greenish when ripe. This variety is responsible for the success of the first Portuguese “monovarietal” wines (a single...

Reason #9 We know that Valentine's Day will be different this year. On February 14, we celebrate love: be it love for someone else or why not self-love. It's a perfect opportunity to win (or win back) someone's heart or your own. It's more than a special day, it's a moment of joy.

Chinese New Year 2021 We're entering the year of the Ox!

The Reason# 8 January 27th is the International Day of one of the best specialties of our beautiful Portugal - Port wine. There is a wide variety of liqueur and dessert wines, but true Port only comes from one of the oldest demarcated regions in the world - the Douro region.

Reason #07 Black Friday, formerly known only as the day after Thanksgiving, is one of the biggest shopping holidays in the United States and around the world. This year we decided that we would no longer participate in a typical Black Friday and the two main reasons are strongly related to our values: We work mainly with small producers, in a logic of sustainability, and they are generally unable to participate in the typical price cut. A small producer manages...

Alentejo Wine Region Portugal, one of the oldest nations, has known the plains of the Alentejo for centuries, with various occupants from a wide variety of cultures. The Alentejo Wine Region as we know it is very much the result of its history and the contribution of the various peoples who occupied this territory. Heritage and history Many of those who occupied the Alentejo region made important contributions that history has recorded, and vineyards and wine are good...

The Reason #06 dear reader, Today's main topic goes beyond our borders... we're ending 2020 and we think it's safe to say: this has been a crazy year! One day we'll ask ourselves: what were we doing in 2020? And the answer will probably be: mostly sitting at home.

Tejo Region In this article we will discuss another of the Portuguese Wine Regions, namely a wine-growing region located in the center and interior of Portugal, where the art of producing wine dates back to 2000 BC, namely when the people who occupied the region began planting vines along the banks of the river that gives it its name, we refer to the River Tejo, the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. History tells us that the King of Portugal, Afonso Henriques, made...

The Portucale Motif Let´s enjoy the safety and warmth of our home! Warm greetings from Lisbon! Let´s enjoy the safety and warmth of our home! Warm greetings from Lisbon!