Awards of Revista de vinhos 2008

Last friday (Feb. 13th) was the most famous wine dinner of Portugal. We can find the best winemakers, producers... all persons with some connection with the wine industry. The most important wine magazine here reveals the awards of the Portuguese wine world. It's a very interesting dinner; we can talk and exchange some ideas with other professionals, taste a lot of good wines (some will be released to the market in 2008) and we can "see the bests" of 2008. The most important award is the best winemaker, won by Rui Reguinga, probably for his career, because this was not his best year as a winemaker, in my opinion. The best company was Herdade do Esporão... our neighbours and friends. I think these were the most important awards. At the dinner some of the best wine I tasted were: Valle Pradinhos White 2007, Redoma White Reserva 2007, Kompassus Private Collection Bairrada Red 2005 , Pintas Character Red 2006, Quinta Sant'Ana Sauvignon 2008, Bacalhoa Moscatel Roxo 1998,....
I'm already waiting for next year...

First harvest in Alentejo

After a several months very busy, i decide make a post of my first harvest in Alentejo. Was a very short vintage, less then 2 months. The weather was not very hot, very good for a slow maturation of the grapes. In my opinion a excelent year for red wines. The syrah variety gave to us a complex wines, with a lot of fruit in the nose, with a good balance in the mouth, with good tanins, good struture, concentration.... we have a lot of expetations. Touriga Nacional was very good to. Less floral but very good fruit mixed with violets, very strong in the mouth, need some time to get more round. I think we can make very good 2008 wines. In the future i hope we are aloud to make better white wines, with more experience we can make a reserve one.

Cheers