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So far Roy Hersh has created 353 blog entries.

How the Confraria do Vinho do Porto Changed My Life

It all began in the restaurant business from the age of 26. Straight out of culinary school, and then earning a Hotel & Restaurant Management degree which landed me an excellent job in NYC. I was Back-of-House Manager at The Water Club. A sophisticated eatery where high rollers of New York came to dine, knowing [...]

By |2023-05-31T07:49:34-07:00May 31st, 2023|Categories: Featured, Roys Blog|0 Comments

Marta Lourenço

Port Personalities In Focus is proud to introduce you to Marta Lourenço. This FTLOP Series has become vital in our mission to introduce readers to members of the Port, and Portuguese wine trade. In Focus brings you candid comments, personal perspectives, and a better understanding of the people inside the Portuguese wine trade: from sales [...]

By |2023-03-18T17:04:24-07:00March 18th, 2023|Categories: Featured, Port Personalities, Roys Blog|2 Comments

Roy’s Madeira Musings

Observations of Madeira, the island, did not begin for me in the mid-1990’s as did my early tasting adventures with the eponymous adult beverage. It took another dozen years before I was finally able to visit the island in person. My tour business partner Mario Ferreira and I began hosting Portuguese wine tours in 2005, [...]

By |2023-04-14T14:48:11-07:00December 1st, 2022|Categories: Madeira, Madeira Wine Guide|0 Comments

Adrian Bridge on Portuguese Wine Tours

In this fine very brief video, Adrian Bridge, CEO of The Fladgate Partnership, (Taylor's, Croft, Fonseca and Krohn) speaks about the extremely high quality level of our Portuguese Wine Tours. He especially focuses in on the unique style of our tours, in his positive off-the cuff-remarks. Worth watching if you are [...]

By |2022-01-07T18:50:49-08:00January 7th, 2022|Categories: Featured, Roys Blog|0 Comments