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Arrived home in Piedmont after a month of touring, loaded with a cargo of wine: sprightly Vermentino for the final flush of summer, Valpolicella Ripasso for our fall soups, and a mixed case of Port for the long stretch of winter ahead.
To accompany a round of aged pecorino flecked with [...]
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When you’re a tour guide scouting a new region, some days are better than others. This one was particularly memorable.
Take the 9:15 train up the Duoro River, from Porto to Regua – a famously beautiful passage. After an hour of farmland, the train travels in lockstep with the broad, winding Douro. [...]
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“Today you can see where the Douro gets its name,” says Jorge Alves, winemaker at Quinta do Tedo. “It means river of gold.” Today the water is cappuccino-colored and runs high and fast from weeks of rain.
Our vantage point overlooks the confluence of two rivers: the Douro [...]
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The newly constructed modernist cellar at Quinta de Napoles is one of the most visible signs of the revolution underway in the upper Douro. It’s an apt architectural metaphor: The winery at once blends in with its surroundings—its schist facades and long horizontal lines mimic the terraced vineyards [...]
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It takes awhile for Porto’s styles to sink in: ruby, tawny, late-bottled, colheito, crusted, vintage. (Who’s ever heard of crusted port?) The fix is easy, though: Visit more wineries, taste more Port, absorb more information, and gradually assemble the jigsaw.
The most useful tidbit is offered by our host at Vasconcellos, one of [...]
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Began our Oporto scouting trip with blue skies and crammed appointment book: Graham’s, Niepoort, Quinta de la Rosa, Quinta do Tedo, Quinta do Passadouro, Quinta Vale D. Maria, and Quinta Vallado.
Europe is frozen in [...]
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