Are you interested in promoting Portuguese Wines, organising a tutored tasting, offering a Portuguese Wine by the Glass, or offering a discounted case to your customers at a reduced price? If so, please present your ideas to us. ViniPortugal will finance up to 75% of the cost of wine for your project.
For the fourth year, ViniPortugal is running a hugely dynamic promotional activity offering bursary schemes to restaurants, hotels and independent merchants throughout the UK. Our objective is to encourage as many consumers as possible to taste, understand and enjoy the Wines of Portugal.
For more information or to apply for a bursary please e-mail sarah@jkmarketing.co.uk
Want to know even more about Portuguese wines? Get your copy of The Wine & Food Lover’s Guide to Portugal at a special price of £11.87 (rrp £16.95)
The Wine & Food Lover’s Guide to Portugal by wine writers Charles Metcalfe and Kathryn McWhirter is a 446-page hardback travel guide to the whole of the country and its islands, specially designed for people who like to drink and eat well. It recommends wineries to visit (and points out their best wines), the best restaurants (traditional as well as new-wave modern), unmissable tourist attractions, and characterful hotels and places to stay. No one paid to be included – reviews are independent and critical. Highly illustrated and beautifully designed, with 19 specially-commissioned maps and 1,600 colour photos, it’s meant to be used as you travel, but it makes a great coffee table book, too, and a perfect present. For more info and a sample chapter, visit www.innhousepublishing.com but for the promotional price, order your copy on Amazon.
Why not visit Luso Restaurant and sample their new lunch time petiscos menu. Petiscos are like Spanish tapas, smaller plates for you to share with friends. Choose three dishes from the petiscos menu plus a glass of wine, beer or a soft drink JUST £12 per person. Available Monday to Saturday, 12pm until 7pm (5pm Saturday)
63 Bridge Street, Manchester, City Centre, M3 3BQ – Tel: 0161 839 5550.
High Douro producer Conceito Vinhos has appointed Portugal specialist Raymond Reynolds Ltd to look after its award-winning wines in the UK. Initially, the Contraste Branco 2009 and Bastardo 2008 will be available from UK stock.
Winemaker Rita Ferreira brings a wonderfully light touch to her wines, and her experience in New Zealand as well as at Niepoort in the Douro brings an exciting new producer onto the scene; albeit a property with old vines and a long family history! The Bastardo is a revival of an ancient variety, which received much attention since last year, not least as the first vintage was selected as one of the “50 Great Portuguese Wines” by Jamie Goode.
The Vinho Verde estate of Quinta da Raza has appointed Raymond Reynolds Ltd to distribute its wines in the UK. In the first instance, just the Raza Vinho Verde 2009 will be available. Expected to retail at around £6.99, it should prove popular.
“We are very lucky to represent two of the greatest Vinho Verde estates already, Soalheiro for Alvarinho and Ameal for Loureiro,” remarked Raymond Reynolds, “but this will fill a slot for outstanding value for money.” For further information, please contact info@raymondreynolds.co.uk.
Some photos from The Annual Tasting of Portuguese Wines held at Lords Cricket Ground in London.
