vinha da palestra
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:41 am
Ok...first, let me say that this is not a "premium" wine... 
We had dinner last night in Cambridge, Ma. before going to see Robin Williams.
We discoverd a small restaurant there that I mentioned before, Casa Portugal.
We had dinner there, and ordered an inexpensive bottle of wine for dinner, as the couple we were with are on somewhat of a budget. The wine list had many bottles of wine for under $20, which in itself is fairly rare in this area.
I ordered the Vinha da Palestra, not even realizing it was a douro wine until it came to the table.
None of us could believe how great this wine was...and we've all been around red wine for quite awhile.
It was $14 on the wine list...I'll be talking to my local shop about getting a few cases, just to have downstairs. I'd be happy to serve this wine with any full-flavored or spicey dish, which we tend to lean towards in our kitchen anyway.
Jim
We had dinner last night in Cambridge, Ma. before going to see Robin Williams.
We discoverd a small restaurant there that I mentioned before, Casa Portugal.
We had dinner there, and ordered an inexpensive bottle of wine for dinner, as the couple we were with are on somewhat of a budget. The wine list had many bottles of wine for under $20, which in itself is fairly rare in this area.
I ordered the Vinha da Palestra, not even realizing it was a douro wine until it came to the table.
None of us could believe how great this wine was...and we've all been around red wine for quite awhile.
It was $14 on the wine list...I'll be talking to my local shop about getting a few cases, just to have downstairs. I'd be happy to serve this wine with any full-flavored or spicey dish, which we tend to lean towards in our kitchen anyway.
Jim