Tawny port and orange slices

Apr 13, 12 Tawny port and orange slices

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I never know what interesting food and wine combinations I’m going to come across but one of the more unlikely pairings, to me anyway, was 10 yr old tawny port and fresh orange slices.  They was presented as dessert at lunch while we were visiting Quinta da Gaviosa in the Douro Valley. I was in the Douro with Discover the...

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Scary fish and Churchill’s port & wines

Apr 11, 12 Scary fish and Churchill’s port & wines

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EEEEKKKKKK! That is one scary looking fish. I bet you’re wondering what exactly it has to do with wine. Well, that is what greeted me after my tour of the cellars of Churchill’s Port’s new visitor centre and lodge in Gaia, Portugal. It’s not some mutant fished out of a polluted river in South East Asia, it...

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Barrel samples from Quinta Vale d. Maria, Douro Valley, Portugal

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Tiago Alves do Sousa, talking about his old vines wine, Abandonado 2009

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Tiago Alves do Sousa, talking about the vineyards of the Douro Valley

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sampling 100 year old port straight from the barrel

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