Short Jancis Robinson interview about Portuguese wines

[Brian C.]

She has an interesting take on using Touriga Nacional as the flagship grape of Portugal, that it should be the headline that sucks people into the whole story of Portuguese wines...

http://www.essenciadovinhotv.com/

[Moses Botbol]

I sure hope Portugal does not go to a single varietal way like California or really try to market specific grapes.

Another ace in the hat for Portuguese wines is their aging potential and price. Younger collectors can really build up a cellar of wines that will age gracefully and not cost an arm & leg to build up. To me, it seems weird that it's Douro and Alentejo that get most talk and less with Dao. Does anyone else notice that too?

[Brian C.]

Here's another take on the debate over Touriga Nacional:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-1 ... mccoy.html

(I'll just put anything I find about this debate over Touriga Nacional in this thread.)

[Moses Botbol]

Here's another take on the debate over Touriga Nacional:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-1 ... mccoy.html

(I'll just put anything I find about this debate over Touriga Nacional in this thread.)

That was good article with some worthy picks for TN wines.