On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 15:11:13 +0100, "Ricardo Ferreira"
> wrote:

>Being Portuguese I may sound suspicious. But I believe Portugal has some of
>the greatest wines worldwide. Many of them beat the most famous French
>ones.

Hi Ricardo

the concept of "beating" is a strange one in the wine world... but I
understand what you mean. A recent trip to Aveiro (after a long
absence from Portugal) revealed to me how much progress has been done.

>My comment is, I frequently read this news, but don't ever find any comments
>on Portuguese wines. Don't you guys know them?

Well, statistically the chances of Portuguese wines being mentioned on
AFW are about the same as the world market share of Portugal, so don't
take it as a snub, it's normal. If you read back a bit, there are many
regular long threads on Porto and Madeira, and there has been some
discussion of other wines.

Why don't you try to introduce us to the young generation of
winemakers of your country? Are they holding to tradition or trying to
make Parkerized wines, are they respecting their grapes or covering
all that sun-drenched maturity with too much wood, like so many
Spanish and italian wines these days?

Mike

Mike Tommasi, Six Fours, France
email link http://www.tommasi.org/mymail