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Wall Street Journal – Friday, 7th June 2013
Article by Will Lyons - “Pinot: It’s Classified Information”
Read Will Lyons article for the Wall Street Journal, where he wanted “to find the best 10 Pinot Noirs in the country.”. Several of North Canterbury wines were selected for the final 30, including Pegasus Bay who made the Top 10 and Pyramid...
RFM and Comissão de Viticultura da Região dos Vinhos Verdes present a unique festival with lots of music and “vinho verde. Music in the Bottle – Vinho Verde/RFM brings together the best of two of the better known brands in Portugal.
More info: http://www.vinhoverde.pt/pt/noticiasfrescas/destaques/2013/rfm_musicBottle/evento.asp
Winning film gets financial support/ Registrations opened until 5 August
After the success of the 1st edition of the short film festival “Curtas da Casa” launched by the Douro Film Harvest, the festival opens now the registrations for the 2nd edition of this short film national competition. The director must be Portuguese and the filming set must...
Do you like to feel the adrenaline? Do you like cars and airplanes? Do you like Vinho Verde? If you do, this weekend is your weekend ...
From 7th to10th of June at Cabeceiras de Basto, the beautiful and well-preserved sub-region Basto, there will be a meeting of "ultraleves" and first flight on the 8th, and on the 9th a Rally Sprint. And because...
An invitation to taste the best in Douro.
On 7, 8 and 9 June, at the Museum of Lamego, it will be held the wine and gastronomy event TASTE DOURO. Organized by Beira Douro – Associação de Desenvolvimento do Vale Do Douro, produced by EV-Essência do Vinho, the “Taste Douro” has as main goal to divulge, promote and enhance the Douro region: port...
Best Wine Tourism Practices in the Great Wine Capitals of the World
Vinexpo Bordeaux – June 19th 2013 – 2:30pm
On the occasion of Vinexpo 2013, the Great Wine Capitals Global Network and the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce and Industry will be hosting a conference with the objective to give an overview of the various wine tourism activities and...
The restaurant Barão de Fladgate - Porto Best of Wine Tourism 2006, at the Taylor Fladgate's port lodge, has been selected by the Fodor’s, dedicated to outstanding tourism, as one of the “Top Winery Restaurants” in the world.
The reasons for this choice are the quality of its cuisine, which “leans towards traditional seasonal Portuguese cuisine...
Sustainability is the capacity to endure. The history of wine production and appreciation dates back thousands of years. The romantic picture of traditional wine harvesting and production might be one of the strongest appeals that attracts tourists to visit wineries of the “new and old” wine worlds. Nowadays, being sustainable means being...
Tuscany is the place where italian language was born, as well the cradle of the cultural, artistic and humanist movement named Renaissance. Tuscany has always been giving a significant contribution to world's culture, in all kind of arts. In this region so much of the opera and classical music was composed, following a tradition that is kept...
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May 22, 2013
Andy Steven, a food and travel blogger, has submitted the following post to participate in the GWC...