*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR folks for the brand. Today’s wine is the NV Broadbent Vinho Verde. It clocks in at 9% alcohol by volume, has a real cork closure, and retails for $8. In keeping with my earlier post this week, I’m trying a slightly different format here [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Enoforum Wines. The friendly folks at Enoforum Wines, whom I visited on my trip to Portugal last year, recently sent me some of their current release wines. Since Matt drank the ones I so carefully packed into my suitcase and took all the way across the [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from a PR firm. Last year around this time, I had the fortune of going to Portugal with Enoforum Wines to taste through their portfolio and learn about Portuguese winemaking and culture. I had a wonderful time and gained a great appreciation for all things Portuguese. Especially [...]
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As you may have read here on ye olde wine blog, I recently went to Portugal after winning a contest sponsored by Enoforum Wines. Enoforum Wines is an interesting company that I’ll have more to say about in a future post, but suffice it to say for the moment that they exist to produce and [...]
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Just some of my favorite shots from the trip! I’ll have some more comprehensive posts soon, but I’m still recovering from the trip and starting to prep for my new job that starts tomorrow.
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1.) Food is an event, not a means to an end. 2.) Cured meats before every meal is a tradition I can totally get behind. 3.) Wine at lunch. Need I say more? 4.) Vinho Verde is not effervescent in Portugal, at least not the 10 or so we had. 5.) If you are trying [...]
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Our last day in Portugal! Like most of the trip, it rained again, but that didn’t stop us from getting out and about to the sights. We visited the Pena Palace in Sintra. I would love to go back in the sun some day and see this place as I imagine it is just stunning [...]
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Day 5 found us with sun in Lisbon and the surrounding areas! While I love the photos I took in the rain and the rain doesn’t bother me at all, it was nice to be able to spend as much time as we wanted to exploring outside. We walked the entire wall of the Castle [...]
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Rain! We got poured on everywhere we went on day 4. Good thing we didn’t really care or else we would have missed out on some really cool sights in Lisbon. We went up into the fort where the explorers left from Portugal, saw Jerónimos’ Monastery, ate traditional Portuguese cheese pastries at the place they [...]
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