Thursday 13 March 2014

Daily Life In Portugal: A Peak Inside The Peninsula's Magical Beauty

From The Huffington Post

Daily Life In Portugal: A Peak Inside The Peninsula's Magical Beauty

  • A model holds a dog by a leash as she waits for her turn to enter the catwalk during the recording of a Portuguese soap opera at Lisbon's Restauradores square, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. Soap operas have been popular in Portugal since the first one was broadcasted at the Portuguese public television in 1977. (Francisco Seco/AP)
  • A woman looks at pictures and paintings placed in frames during a street exhibition at Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. (Francisco Seco/AP)
  • A woman jogs along the Atlantic seafront on a chilly winter day in the northern beach town of Lavadores, Vila Nova de Gaia, on the outskirts of Porto, Portugal, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. (Paulo Duarte/AP)
  • Young boys play with waves breaking at Tagus' Ribeira das Naus or Vessels Riverbank as the sun sets in Lisbon, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. (Francisco Seco/AP)
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    Arnaldo Cunha is silhouetted while fishing under the April 25th bridge as a cargo ship sails down the Tagus river shrouded in fog, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 in Lisbon. (Francisco Seco/AP)
  • Fishes are placed on a net for drying at the beach on January 5, 2014 in Nazare, Portugal. (Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
  • Pedestrians cross tram tracks on a shopping street in central Lisbon, Portugal, on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. (Mario Proenca/Bloomberg/Getty Images)






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Sunday 2 March 2014

TOP TEN PORTUGUESE WINES 2014


23,200 visitors in THE ESSENCE OF WINE - PORTO 2014

In 
Revista Wine

Essência do Vinho - Porto recebeu 22% de visitantes estrangeiros

ESSENCE OF WINE - ESSÊNCIA DO VINHO OPORTO MAIN WINE FEST WITH 22% OF FOREIGN VISITORS 
02/03/2014

The 11th edition of  ESSENCE OF WINE - PORTO recorded a turnout similar to the previous edition, in the order of 23,200 people, with the difference of 22% being foreign, which means an increase of 5% compared to the 2013 international public. Most of the foreign visitors were from Spain, UK and Northern Europe.

THE ESSENCE OF WINE - PORTO:  in this 11th edition more than 15,000 bottles were opened over four days, is an organization of the company EV - Essence of Wine, in partnership with the Porto Commercial Association.

TOP TEN 2014



Every year since 2007, WINE-The Essence of Wine elects the "Top 10 Portuguese Wines". The proof, which has the support of ViniPortugal IS always integratED IN THE the program "Essence of Wine - Port", always in the morning before the official opening, in the monumental Palace of Bolsa Arab Hall. iN A pre-screening conducted by the magazine, dozens of wines WERE EVALUATED in a blind tasting by a prestigious international jury - comprising sommeliers, journalists and opinion leaders from various countries - which results in the award of the top eight Portuguese red wine, white wine and the best of the best Vintage Port.








A Essência do Vinho 2014 - Porto

Essência do Vinho 
A ESSÊNCIA DO VINHO 2014

3.000 WINES TO TASTE

A principal experiência do vinho em Portugal está a ser um enorme sucesso... ESSÊNCIA DO VINHO - PORTO 2014, até domingo no Palácio da Bolsa.