Tourism
Trip to Niger - the wedding that will mark all my life
This year has been marked by a rainy Winter, a hot Summer and by the high number of weddings I am attending to. One of those weddings was far away from the Douro. Mouna, the bride, is from Niger and Andreas, the groom, is Hungarian, who I met when I was working in Madrid.
Due to [...]
The best place to see the Douro valley: Miradouro de Vargellas
This is probably the most beautiful place to contemplate the Douro valley. Located in the top of Quinta de Vargellas, this viewpoint makes me feel small, very small. I was there this week-end with my friend André from Adegga and I realized that the Miradouro de Vargellas surprised me once again. [...]
When the Douro river has this color it means heavy rainfall
The river that crosses the valley where I live has not this name randomly. It comes from its color, which means “golden” in Portuguese. After the heavy rainfall of the last months, the Douro river is more yellow/brown/ golden than ever. Soon, boats will start to bring tourists to see the [...]
Quevedo Hosts the First Live 2009 Harvest in the Douro
Quevedo, Port and Douro wine producer, is streaming live the harvest in its vineyards in the Douro to a wine tasting room in London. The live video will be shown next Tuesday, September 22nd 2009 in a big screen of the Boutique Wineries Tasting’s (BWT) main room. At the same time, all the video streaming [...]
First thoughts of my trip: US economy is not good, but that is not bad for wine
During this first couple of days in New York I have been spending some time focusing on peoples’ behavior. It is not difficult to figure out that the American economy is not breathing health and there is two indicators that help me to justify it: there is a considerable number of shops and offices for [...]
What Comes to your Mind when You hear the word “Azores”?
When somebody says Azores I think about green land, cows, milk, blue beaches with dark sand, bananas and pineapples, massa sovada and bolo lêvedo and FAMILY! Yes, I have family in São Miguel, the biggest and more developed of the nine islands of the archipelago. Just Santa Maria is not exclusively from volcanic origin,but also [...]
The Douro Valley from the Sky: Quinta do Vesúvio/ Senhora da Ribeira, Pinhão and Porto/ Gaia
When I fly to or from Oporto’s airport I always try to grab a seat by the window. The airport Francisco Sá Carneiro is near the city center and the runway is in the direction of the city. So while taking off or landing, if the sky is clean, you can surely enjoy the city [...]
Quevedo visiting Quinta de Ervamoira owned by Ramos Pinto
A couple of weeks ago I spent a nice week-end with some friends in Foz-Côa. This city, located in the Douro Superior, is known as the capital of the almond trees, which are very beautiful during the flowering period. Foz-Côa got some international attention in the last years because during the 90s there were found [...]
Presentation of Winery Blogging for Wine Tourism Conference
Wine Tourism Conference winery blogging
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After spending the weekend learning and speaking at the I Wine Pleasures Conference in Sitges, Barcelona, I wanted to share the presentation we showed in our talk. I have to confess that I am really happy to see so much interest in [...]
Quevedo Will Attend to the I Wine Pleasures International Wine Tourism Conference & Workshop
From January 23th to 26th will take place in Sitges, Barcelona, the 1st Wine Pleasures International Wine Tourism Conference & Workshop. This event, organized by Wine Pleasures, will put together wine buyers, such as importers, distributors or retailers, and wineries with the purpose of promoting business relationships.
During the event there will be several conferences about [...]
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. 