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Coutada Velha 2018

By: Life with Alegria 18th Dec 20204th Mar 2021

WinemotionsAlentejo, Coutada Velha, Emotions, How it made me feel, Portugese Wine, Tasting Notes, Wine, Wine Stories, Wine Taster3 Comments

Imagine walking through a vineyard in Alentejo. Imagine the breeze gently rustling the vines, green and full as they grow in the Portugese sunshine. Rows upon rows of vineyards drinking in the sun and the softness of the summer breeze. In the distance the winemaker checks the grapes, are they ready? He wonders to himself.…

This Wine Needs a Label

By: Life with Alegria 18th Dec 20208th Mar 2021

WinemotionsCoutada Velha, Fiction, Love and Wine, Monte da Ravasquiera, Portugese Wine, short story, Wine, Wine Stories, Wine Story, Wines of Portugal1 Comment

Abilio pulled the leaves off the vine giving the grapes space to breathe. He checked each cluster with a precise eye, imagining the wine that would come of his labour. His hands, dirty and dark from digging at the dirt, checking the root stocks, and testing the grapes between his fingers, waved excitedly as he…