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Kate Reuschel's avatar

Love these choices. I would add a Baga from Bairrada to it- shocking, I know!

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Vicky Hampton's avatar

Haha! With hindsight, it's weird that I didn't include any Portuguese wines at all!

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Kate Reuschel's avatar

It is funny, but also people do tend to forget about the delicious wines of Portugal. Neipoort makes an amazing, light bodied, crisp Baga, part of the Drink Nat Cool label!

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Vicky Hampton's avatar

People, perhaps, but not me, Kate! 😂 When I think more about it, I think the reason for no Portuguese wines in this particular article was that all of these came from the Netherlands (bar one Sicilian wine) and the Portuguese reds we get in this country are overwhelmingly the full-bodied, typically fleshy reds from Douro or Alentejo. I love a nice light Jaen or Negramole, for example, but they'd be very hard to find in Amsterdam...

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Kate Reuschel's avatar

Fair enough- I have to ship 70% of my Portuguese wines from the coast of from Portugal because Midwest America has zero appreciation for it.

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Gerhard Van Huyssteen's avatar

Pinot Noir from the Loire, and Gamay from Savoie 😮 Never too old to learn! 💗

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Vicky Hampton's avatar

Glad I could be of service!

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