#Europe

We are back! After more than a year on the road, 15 countries, 100+ fantastic producers met, the time has come to park the van and put our backpacks in the closet.

We want to thank you all for following our adventures, for all your kind messages along the way and for those who opened the doors to their home, wherever it was. After such a long time on the road, we still have plenty of content to publish & videos to edit. Back in reality, we are now looking for a job that allows us to make a good use of everything we've learnt.

Stay tuned people, a lot more is coming!

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Adega de Penalva: a top quality co-operative in the Dao!

In the center of Portugal, slightly more in the North, the small wine region of Dao can be found. With incredibly intense wines, they offer great value and quality. As we were driving through the region, we decided to check out the biggest producer there: the local co-operative in Penalva do Castelo. Co-ops aren't usually the first places you might think of when you are looking for quality. But you'd be a fool not to try what these guys produce! We found great passion a

Amilcar Salgado, the man behind Quinta de Arcosso, Tras-os-Montes, Portugal

During our travels in Portugal, while visiting an olive oil mill, we came across the president of the winemakers’ association in the area. As we were having a chat with him, around a delicious braised piglet, he mentioned this guy up in Chaves that we absolutely had to visit. He needn’t say anymore, we came back to the van and headed straight up North to meet Amilcar Salgado, the man behind Quinta de Arcosso. Amilcar has a fantastic understanding of the land of Tras-os-Montes

Labels: Crianza, Reserva, What is tha'?

Spanish reds (and more and more of their whites) appear to be an all-time great value option, with fantastic oak-aged wines showing nice complexity & smooth mouthfeel, available in your local supermarket for peanuts. If a lot of their wine is for “fiesta” drinking, Spain also produces very fine wines and once again, often on the good side of value, compared to their European neighbours. Spanish winemakers seem to be more modern, more aware of the reality that most of their cl