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Win(e)ter-Wonderland - Christmas wine traditions

It’s Christmas time! And that means, it’s the most wonderful time of the year! When the days get shorter and the weather colder, what’s better than getting cozy, light some candles and sip some nice wine to warm up? Nothing? We think so, too! The festive season is full of traditions and wine has always played a key role in many countries’ Christmas preparation rituals. Here is a list of different wine related customs for the holy holiday! Grab your own favorite winter wine, sit back and get inspired to try something new; or even to travel to experience some of these delicious beverages in this year’s merry season! Tell me what you’re drinking – I tell you where you’re...

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Events/Eventos: Presentation of the new X-Class Mercedes Benz

On the 9th of November 2017, the Wine With a View Truck met someone of its kind: it was invited to the presentation of the brand new Mercedes Benz X-Class. No dia 9 de novembro de 2017, a mota da Wine With a View conheceu alguém da sua espécie: marcou presença na apresentação do novo Mercedes Benz Classe-X. That evening, it made its way to the Mercedes Benz showroom in Carnaxide, where it was welcomed by about 50 clients, eager to meet the new pickup. Nessa tarde, foi até ao concessionário da Mercedes Benz em Carnaxide, onde foi recebida por 50 clientes desejosos por conhecer a nova pickup alemã. The Wine With a View truck didn’t come empty-handed and provided...

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Web Summit

The “largest tech conference in the world” is back to Lisbon! Between November 6th-9th, 2017, the largest and most global gathering of CEOs and journalists from all over the planet is taking place in the FIL and Altice Arena in the Portuguese Capital. The incredibly fast-growing event started in 2010 in Dublin, Ireland with the intention of connecting the technology community with all industries. Its first edition counted with 400 attendees and has currently expended to over 60.000 from more than 170 countries and is considered Europe’s largest and most important technology, entrepreneurship and innovation marketplace. This year, 1.400 investors and 2.250 exhibitors are participating in the meeting and the over 20 conferences that are happening simultaneously, focusing on different...

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Traditions: Água-Pé

The água-pé is a typical Portuguese wine-like beverage that is traditionally served, along with chestnuts, on the Saint Martin’s day on the 11th November. The legend tells that, when the young Saint Martin (São Martinho in Portuguese) found a freezing homeless person, he promptly cut his cape in half and gave it you the man to warm him up. To celebrate this gesture, God created the brief Saint Martin’s summer every year around that day. And it is exactly in that short break of the cold autumn that the wine of that year’s harvest was ready to be opened. In Portuguese, there are even some popular sayings about this phenomenon: “No São Martinho, vai à adega e abre o vinho”...

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Events/Eventos: Weddingday!

September 9th, 2017 was a very special day for our little Wine With a View truck! On that lovely Saturday, it dressed up elegantly and made its way to Braga for a unique view: the beautiful bride Joana and her newlywed husband Tiago! O dia 9 de setembro de 2017 foi um dia muito especial para a nossa pequena mota Wine With a View! Nesse lindo sábado, vestiu-se de forma elegante e foi rumo a Braga para admirar uma vista única: os recém-casados, Joana e Tiago!           The happy pair exchanged their wedding vows and then, for the first time as a freshly married couple, led their families and friends to their reception in an enchanting outdoor...

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