Life on the Douro screenings in Los Angeles, San Francisco and at the Toronto Portuguese Film Festival and Paso Robles Film Festival Life on the Douro will be screening in LA and San Francisco on November 15 and 17, repsectively, followed by a tasting of some of the best Port and still wines produced in [...]
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Life on the Douro in California and Toronto
October 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment · video
Tags:California·documentary·Douro·film·history·Los Angeles·Port·Portugal·San Francisco·Toronto·wine
On Perception
January 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment · video
My interview with Tim Hanni, MW, seemed to have resonated with a lot of people, demystifying certain questions about the subjectivity of taste and perception in wine. What he said made a lot of sense to me as a non-wine person, and paralleled my experiences in the visual realm. 1 When I arrived in NY [...]
Tags:art·perception·Rembrandt·subjectivity·taste·Tim Hanni MW·Vermeer·visual·wine
What I’ve been doing lately
June 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments · video
Over the last year or so, I have visited some 20 different wine regions in Spain, travelling over 15,000 kilometres (10,000 miles), accumulating 180+ hours of material, including many fascinating interviews on the history, evolution and culture of wine. Not only has the filming, travelling, wine and food been an incredible experience, but supportive professional [...]
Tags:catavino·Dinastia Vivanco·Douro·grapes·history·La Rioja·Portugal·Quevedo·Rioja·social media·Spain·varietals·wine·wine blogging·winery