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Practicing the pronunciation of Quevedo in Denmark, class #2
For those who remember what happened in Denmark around 1 year ago, watch the video. I’m sure you will realize Danish people are improving their pronunciation skills. For those who don’t remember, click here first to see class #1 of pronunciation. Only after check this video, class #2 of pronunciation!
Enjoy, at [...]
Top 5 reasons why I fell in love with Africa
1. Children still know from where chickens and potatoes come from and what a real goat looks like
2. Nature is almost untouched with wild animals living just in the outskirts of towns and villages
3. Dancing with an African girl is a bigger lesson than a whole week in Ibiza
4. They make the best no-alcoholic beverage [...]
Drinking Port Wine in restaurants; margins too high?
While I was researching for consumer trends on the Port Wine industry, I found an interesting article on Restaurant Wine. The text is from 2005 and shows satisfying conclusions about Port Wine consumption, defending that Premium Tawny Ports were increasingly popular in the US restaurants. I wonder if this trend has changed [...]
Things you shouldn’t do while drinking
I found these cartoons in the beverage list of Joey, a restaurant by the Lake Union in Seattle, where I had a… beer… after a wine tasting of Austrian wines in Daniel’s.
Have fun!
Oscar
Presenting a documentary about Quevedo in New York
Quevedo is heading to North American, for its annual trip, with the same purpose of the trip in 2009: to attend to the American Wine Bloggers Conference. The conference will take place from June 25th to 27th in Walla Walla, WA. But before flying to the west cost, we will show our wines in New [...]
Tasting Port with friends and a hard revelation
A couple of weeks ago, when I visited London, I participated in a very special tasting at Crusting Pipe, co-organized by two Brit friends I met last year in the Douro, Derek and Alex. Wine has this attractive, easily puts a group of people together to discuss and to have fun. And I enjoyed a [...]
The big boys of Port Wine are joining the wine social media
What a nice surprise I got today when I was reading one of the Port forums I use to follow, For the Love of Port (the other is The Port Forum): Symington and The Fladgate Partnership, two of the top five producers of Port, are embracing the wine social media.
The crew at Quinta dos Malvedos, [...]
How well Danish people pronounce “Quevedo”?
Since a couple of months ago, we have our Port Wine available in Denmark. Although this is not a very big market for Port Wine, the Dannish have the tradition of drinking Port Wine as a desert wine or with the coffee. Moreover, they have a good knowladge of the different types of Port and [...]
Tasting Port Wine in Seattle with local Sommeliers at over 35º C (95º F)
During the last week after the Wine Bloggers Conference, I flew to Seattle to visit Roy Hersh, from FortheLoveofPort. Right after my arrival, we made a sightseeing tour through the Public Market Center and after that we rode the duck, a fun trip in a bus-boat around the center of Seattle, including a diving in [...]
Our blogger Bruno gets married - Time to celebrate!
Quevedo is still celebrating! Besides the launch of the Rosé Port, this week brought us another not less important event: Bruno’s wedding! Although Bruno has been away from posting on our blog, he continues to bring a lot of ideas and innovation to Quevedo. After a 6-year relationship, Bruno and Lucia decided to get married [...]
Quevedo was founded in 1991 as a family owned business in the heart of the Douro valley, responding to the needs of the generations that preceded the associate founders. These ancestors were passionately dedicated to their vineyards and to the culture that surrounded the production of wine. Consequently, the company was created as a seamless marriage between the initial phase of production and the promotion and selling of their wines. Currently, the estate is comprised of 100 hectares located in the regions of Cima-Corgo and Douro Superior, producing both red and port wines from only the five traditional port grapes Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cão and Tinta Barroca. 