Posts Tagged ‘Portuguese Wines’
Monis Vintage Port 2006
Friday, April 30th, 2010
Having just been to Portugal where I had the pleasure of tasting a large number of fabulous ports blind for the book, Guia Popular dos Vinhos with which Neil Pendock and I are assisting Anibal Coutinho, my palate is somewhat calibrated to the part made from the classical Portuguese varieties.
It was also very clear that the Port producers in the lodges of Oporto are looking for ways to make port a more popular drink amongst the younger wine drinkers and also to make it appeal to woman.
David Guimaraens the Chief Winemaker of Taylors Fonseca Crofts led us through a tasting of the 2007 vintages of
Portugal 1 – Solar dos Presuntos
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
Solar dos Presuntos is situated just north of the Baixa in Rua das Portas Sabta Antonio 150. www.solardospresuntos.com. +351 213 424 253. Do make a reservation - it is full every night. Expect to pay around R500 or 50 Euros per person.
“Oh – it’s the best restaurant in Portugal you know” was the comment I heard when people asked where I had eaten. When I said I had been twice in the space of two weeks, a look of reverence came over their faces.
Solar dos Presuntos specialises in, well ham, and cheese and fish and lobsters and in season, which they are from January to
