For The Love Of Port

Alves de Sousa in San Francisco & Las Vegas



It's with a great pleasure that we're going to be presenting our Douro & Ports once again in the US, participating in the two following events.



. April 5th – Portuguese Wines Grand Tasting in San Francisco

Place: Westin St. Francis, 32nd Imperial Floor, 450 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA

Program:

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM: Master Class by Master Sommelier Evan Goldstein

2:00 PM – 5:00 PM: Trade & Media Grand Tasting

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM: Master Class by Master Sommelier Evan Goldstein

5:00 PM – 8:00 PM: Doors open to consumers



For further information and reservations you can go to http://www.winecouch.com/rsvp



. April 6th– 8th – Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America’s 67th Annual Convention & Exposition at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

If you're planning to attend the exhibition, we're pleased to invite you to visit us and to present you our Douro and Port wines latest releases.

We'll be at: Octavius Balroom, Lower Level Suite 15 (Viniportugal’s area).

If you wish, it’s possible to schedule in advance an appointment.

For more information about the event you can go to www .wswa2010 .org [Link no longer active]



We’re looking forward to meet you at these events.

Kind regards,



Domingos Alves de Sousa



It´s in the Douro Valley that Domingos Alves de Sousa produces his wines, according to a family tradition begun by his grandfather, which is today also taken up by his children.



The old and ever-present wish to find the best embodiment of a vineyard lead Alves de Sousa to convert into wine only the grapes from his own estates, truly unique terroirs for the magnificent diversity of the region's natural varieties.

The quality and singularity of his wines have been widely recognised with distinctions and mentions in the most acclaimed national and international publications. We should particularly highlight the "Producer of the Year" award presented in 1999 and again in 2006 by the most important Portuguese Wine Magazine (“Revista de Vinhos”), becoming the first in the history to receive twice the most coveted and prestigious distinction for Portuguese wine producers.

Something else I'm missing.
It is interesting, at night I think of specific bottles I'm planning on opening when I get back home; I can visualize and even smell and taste them. Odd how the mind works.

Well... this is already over in SF. Bummer.
-Dave-

Sadly David, I posted it as soon as they sent it over from Portugal. I was rolling my eyes too. I've advised on this exact issue in personal meetings with the head of the IVDP. To no avail.

Airfares are cheap, but time travel is not

I wish I could have made the Vegas one, but I've got a ton going on at work at the moment and couldn't get off to go