Today was our last official day in Brazil’s wine country; tomorrow we head to Rio for some R&R. We rounded out our wine country visit with some interesting cultural events….
Brazil is ready to burst onto the international wine scene with its outstanding wines, especially its sparkling wines.
Our first stop today in Penedes was the medium sized sparkling wine producer, Llopart. Medium-sized in Penedes as in 450,000 bottles, because the big guy (Freixenet) produces 120 million! Llopart…
OK, any wine geek knows that you can’t use the word Champagne to any wine other than those produced in the Champagne region of France. But Italy has been producing…
The forecast said rain, but it was sunny and pretty warm as the day progressed: a perfect day in St. Emilion. We started with a train ride through the vineyards…
Brasil: a wine destination of the future! Well, after another wonderful wine tour to Portugal in October 2011, I am happily back in Lisbon again for 3 days. My wife…
Brazil is a BIG country- bigger than the continental US. Their economy is booming and mark my words: you WILL be hearing more about the wines of Brazil in the…
What a glorious day for Wine Lovers: so many great wines and we managed to make a sizeable dent in just one day. First we started at Bodega Santa Rosa…