Disrupting The World Of Wine Marketing: Wine With Spirit – Part One
Last summer I was invited to a Winemaker’s dinner at Toronto’s Ilhas de...
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Tag: Bastardo
Try This: 2008 Conceito Bastardo, Vinho Regional Durienses, Portugal
Try to find this bottling if you can! This delightful little Bastardo will be sneaking its way onto the list of a few select restaurants over the next month or so.
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Conceito Winemaker’s Dinner at Malena Wednesday, April 20TH, 2011
It was not until 2007 that Rita Ferriera Marques surprised the Portuguese wine scene by releasing what would become the best Portuguese white wine, Conceito Branco, and raised eyebrows with a red made from pure Bastardo, a shallow-colored red wine from this previously abandoned grape variety. This success came with increasing interest from abroad, with her major brand Conceito and minor brand Contraste receiving increasingly higher interest from world wide wine critics and importers.
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