What a day! 100+ wines from the DO Dão tasted blind at Viseu, matching the Dão Primeurs 2012. Will tell you more in coming posts. Then travel through Chaves, Verín (check the precious road photo of its castle),
Ourense, arriving at the most setentrional of all Portuguese Municipalities – Melgaço – cradle of Alvarinho unique wines. Diner with Pedro Soares from Quintas de Melgaço at Adega Sabino, next to the City Hall.
As usual another wine lover was found: Augusto Castro, the owner, my confrere of Alvarinho, was at his best, despite the complaints over the VAT on restaurant bills. Please, Minister Assunção Cristas, I need your support to cut the VAT immediately. I trust your good judgment. Please tell your fellow ministers that, according to Economic Historian Carlo Cipolla, a lose-lose venture is the ultimate definition for Stupidity.
