03/06/2026
Portonic
A summer drink from northern Portugal.
31/05/2026
Madeira in cooking
Madeira wine – a classic in the kitchen
01/01/2026
Canteiro (Madeira)
Canteiro is the traditional method of ageing Madeira wine in wooden barrels.
13/03/2025
How to decant a Vintage Port
How to open and decant a Vintage Port
15/02/2021
Vinho Verde [en]
Vinho Verde. The light heavyweight or surprisingly surprising.
15/06/2020
Alentejo
The Alentejo (Portuguese além de Tejo = beyond the Tejo), which is located behind the Tejo as seen from Lisbon, is predominantly hot and dry.
10/06/2020
Geography of the growing areas
Vini Portugal's official map of the wine growing regions of Portugal
03/04/2020
DOP
DOP - Designation of origin
25/10/2019
Touriga Franca (grape variety)
Touriga Franca is a thick skinned red grape variety from northern Portugal.
20/10/2019
Touriga Nacional (grape variety)
Touriga Nacional is the autochthonous red reference variety of Portugal.
20/08/2019
Dow's Port
Dow's was the brand name of Silva & Cosens' port wines and is now one of the top brands of the Symington Family Estates.
07/08/2019
W. & J. Graham
The shipper W. & J. Graham is one of the most prominent port wine producers on the scene. Today, the house, which has been in existence for around 200 years, belongs to the Symingtons.
02/08/2019
J.W. Burmester
Info about the Port shipper J.W. Burmester
19/05/2019
Douro - the history
The oldest evidence of wine growing in the Douro region dates back to the Bronze Age; grape seeds and vines from that period have been found in several locations. During the Roman occupation, wine growing continued to expand...
19/05/2019
Douro - the river
The cradle of port wine lies along the Rio Douro and its tributaries in northeastern Portugal. The river (Spanish: Duero), which originates in Spain, flows through Portugal from east to west and empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Porto.
19/05/2019
Douro - the wine
There can still be found more than a hundred different grape varieties in the Douro Valley.
01/02/2013
'Aufgegabelt' from rbb (Madeira)
Interview with Ruth Lindenblatt about Madeira wine on Info-Radio Berlin (in German)
01/12/2012
'Aufgegabelt' from rbb (Port)
Interview with Karsten Kubin about Port on Info-Radio Berlin (in German)
01/07/2003
Douro - the quinta
The Portuguese word quinta means country estate or vineyard and is used, as everywhere in the country, also in the Douro...