2019 Casal de Ventozela Contatto Vinho Verde
Skin-contact wine from Avesso grapes
Portugal
2019 Soalheiro Alvarinho Granit Monção e Melgaço
Saline Alvarinho with a mineral finish
2019 Soalheiro Alvarinho Monção e Melgaço
Snappy Alvarinho from Vinho Verde
Barefoot in the Douro
I’d come to the Douro to see port being made. Now it was my turn to help make it.
Fonseca 20 Year Tawny Port Douro
Blazing with honeyed fruits and spice
2013 Quinta dos Murças Red Blend Assobio Douro
“A value wine…”
2011 Esporão Quinta dos Murças Vinhas Velhas Reserva Douro DOC
“Dried herbs and dusty plum…”
NV Quinta de la Rosa Tawny Port Porto DOC
“For nutty chocolate desserts…”
NV Quinta de la Rosa Lote 601 Ruby Reserve Port Porto DOC
“Smooth, ripe, and friendly…”
2014 Quinta de la Rosa duoROSA Douro DOC
“Lively, youthful, affordable…”
A Conversation With Vasco Croft of Aphros, Part One
The biodynamic winemaker on philosophy, technology, modernity, and his young but vital project.
A Conversation With Vasco Croft of Aphros, Part Two
The conversation continues, mostly about the translation of substance into essence.