The great time of year for wine lovers arrived and since last Thursday may attend and participate in the biggest showcase of wine in Portugal, the event organized by the essence of the wine, as always, is celebrated in the city of Porto.
As is the tradition, a showcase of national wines based camp in sublime Stock Exchange Palace, right in the historic center of the city invicta. It is one of the highlights of the year for wine lovers but also a moment of pleasure, socializing, learning and discovery for those who are only now starting to interest the fascinating universe of wine.
Since last Thursday -feira, 25, to Sunday, February 28, in time from 15h to 21h (except Sunday, the day when the event closes at 19h), the Stock Exchange Palace brings together around 350 producers mainly domestic, although can enjoy some foreign wines, offering a sum of more than 3000 wines of excellence. Wines that may be tasted in the company of producers, owners and winemakers who can post your questions, allowing to establish open communication, which put a face to the front of the known and unknown labels, enabling the discovery of new producers, new regions, new projects, new varieties, new perspectives and philosophies.
the Essence of Wine this year will have the opportunity to be able to taste a multitude of wines, some of them very difficult to access, a consequence of scarce productions, almost Lilliputian . Win even the possibility to prove first-hand, as a rule in the company’s comments winemakers and / or producers, new crops, some of which can meet and anticipate before being placed on the market, allowing you to deduct in advance a global vision wines that are made in Portugal and realize market trends.
As always, and beyond the mandatory visit will certainly want to fulfill their producers and favorite regions, those who already know and admire in addition to the natural desire to taste the wines trophy, take the opportunity to pay a visit to producers who do not already know, the regions that have less intimacy, the styles that are less familiar. The Essence of Wine is a perfect opportunity to broaden horizons, to learn and experience new realities taking advantage of the presence of so many producers of preeminence, so many styles and so many regions to assimilate the vast diversity of styles that exists in Portugal.
throughout this weekend week will have plenty of room to venture out of your comfort zone, looking for wines that distance themselves from the obvious, is divided between white wine styles, pink, red, sparkling, late harvest … never forget the incredible Portuguese fortified wines, great wines of Madeira, Muscat and Port Wine that will be present in the essence of wine. Do not make the mistake of leaving the fortified wines for the final moments of the day in an attempt to not hurt the evidence of red and white wines. After a long marathon events, your mind and palate will be tired, exhausted from so many wines, unable to appreciate the richness and complexity of these three major national fortified wines
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