20 abril 2015

Nip across the border to sample the ancient vines

 

Nina Caplan, wine columnist, was at Portugal and taste Quinta de Curvos wines.

"(...)

There are red, rosé and sparkling Vinho Verdes but it is the whites for which the region is famed, and if it is still trying to shake off a certain 1970s taint, quality is climbing, so it should succeed. After all, hardly anyone dislikes Vinho Verde; it is so gentle, so softly approachable, it would be like disliking daisies. Wines made from Loureiro usually have a stronger personality than the Alvarinhos: Quinta de Curvos makes a lovely one that nicely matched a rather delicious crab Marie Rose (maybe the 1970s were a better decade gastronomically than we're led to believe)."

Know more reading the entire article at NewStatesman



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