Carcavelos is another traditional wine region at the very tip of the Lisboa region and has become famous for its sweet wine. It is located in the Cascais parish and although being the smallest DOC of Portugal, it is one of the oldest in the World! The Carcavelos wine has long been famous: The Marquis of Pombal who produced it on his farm in Oeiras appreciated them so much that D. José I offered it as a gift to the court of Beijing in 1752! In the 14th century, sealed documents with the royal stamp, referred already “those well-kept vineyards of Oeyras". Then, in the 18th century, with Sebastian José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st count of Oeiras and Marquis of...
As you might have read in our last blog post, Lisboa is a vast wine region, with the most DOCs of all Portuguese regions. Here, many different high-quality wines and also brandies are produced. Today, we want to start a new blog series where we present in each post one of the 9 Controlled Origin Denomination (DOC) of the Lisboa Region and give you a few insider tips on what to do while there! Since we are close to Christmas, it makes sense to start with the magical, fairy-tale places of Sintra and the DOC of Colares! Colares is the westernmost DOC of Continental Europe and Portugal’s smallest wine producing region. However, this doesn’t mean that it is easily overlooked!...
Forget Russia, this week, Wine With a View’s hometown Lisbon is hosting the Soccer World Cup! You don’t believe us? But it’s true! From the 23rd to the 29th of September, the inaugural Socca6 World Cup will take place in the iconic Praça do Comércio in Lisbon’s city centre. And the fastest Wine bar will be there to toast! With our unbreakable Wine With a View glasses, the fun is guaranteed! Come and taste our delicious Portuguese Wines while cheering for your favorite team! A spectacular purpose-built stadium with a capacity for up to 3000 people will be erected in the city’s Main Square close to all the city’s tourist amenities, providing an idyllic backdrop to the world class...
When we first started Wine With a View, our main concern were to find the perfect, wines. They had to be Portuguese, delicious, from different regions, for different tastes, of different kinds… there was a lot to decide! And obviously, we needed glasses to serve the selected ones! However, we could have never even dreamed of how much of an icon our customized Wine With a View glass would become! Here are 6 reason explaining their popularity and why you should definitely get one of your own! 1. It is a souvenir! You get to keep your glass whenever you visit us to enjoy some Portuguese wine, so you can forever remember the relaxing moment of the Wine With a...
With this week’s completion of our very first #winewithmyview photography contest, we believe it is time to say thank you. Thank you to everybody who participated in the contest, sharing their favorite Wine With a View moments, letting us know that they have special memories connected to our glasses, with their views. Thank you to everyone who voted and took part in some way in the contest. Thank you to Jolanta, who was our first champion and shared such a wonderful photo, of our glass with her beautiful view in Budapest. She took the glass with her to enjoy the Wine With a View experience, far from where it started in Lisbon, but still connected to us! We prepared her...
