Tag: douro

The Fladgate Partnership

How is the 2020 Harvest for Port Wine?

 mywinepal  September 14, 2020

I was fortunate to be invited to the Fladgate Partnership Virtual Press Trip with David Guimaraens to learn about the 2020 port wine harvest.  David is the head winemaker for the Flagdate Partnership that includes Fonseca, Taylor’s, and Croft Port.  We held a Zoom meeting, which is what helps keep us all safe and connected at the same time.   What…

MyWinePal Portuguese Wine Tasting

 mywinepal  September 26, 2010

Most of you probably know little about Portuguese wine other than the bottles of the slightly sweet, sparkly Mateus that were so prevalent in Canada 30 years ago. But then you moved on to the classical French varietals, like Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon. Well I would like to suggest you take a chance on both white and red wines from…