Anselmo Mendes, the region’s most influential producer, owns large vineyard tracts and consults widely throughout Portugal. He has also been appointed as the new president of the Alvarinho Producers Association (APA) in August 2020. His family hails from Monção, and Mendes started making wine in Melgaço from a property he
What an action-packed couple of weeks! The winery has been a rush of activity, with grapes coming in from our own vineyards in Kent and West Sussex – in concentrated bursts, thanks to the few days of rain we experienced – being weighed, pressed and then transferred to either
2020 is quickly coming to a finish, which means it’s prime time to discover the year’s harvest. Grape harvesting season typically takes place over 2 months each year, around August to October in the Northern Hemisphere and February to April for the Southern Hemisphere. Of course, the exact dates vary
A winery that releases only a single wine sounds unusual, but that’s the case for Clos de los Siete, the Argentina producer that does exactly that. The winery is the brainchild of Michel Rolland, who immediately fell in love with Argentina on his first visit in 1988. After searching for
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