Interview with Carlos Mendonça and Alzira Peixoto
Simple Forms Design was set up by the designers from Porto, Carlos Mendonça and Alzira Peixoto, who decided to set up their own brand in 2004 after designing and working for other companies. It [...]
Interview with Scott Gundersen
Cork stoppers, a portrait, imagination. Scott Gundersen didn’t require anything else to conceive his works. He’s already on his third picture, but he doesn’t want to leave it there. He just needs [...]
Interview Yemi Awosile
Yemi Awosile is a London based textile and material Designer. The heart of her work explores material identity and tradition materials with social significance and strong links to the [...]
Interview with David Baverstock
His name is David Baverstock, and he is one of the most renowned oenologists of our time, signing for the notorious wines of Herdade do Esporão, an inevitable reference in the important [...]
Interview with Susana Esteban
Galician by birth, she became a “duriense” by passion. Today, the oenologist Susana Esteban is already a Douro Girl, signing of some of the most famous wines of the regions. Faithful to cork, [...]
Interview with Francisco Ferreira
Faithful to the family tradition, Francisco Ferreira brought fame and prestige to Quinta do Vallado, whose wines are already a reference in the international milleu.
Interview with José Maria Soares Franco
His debut was in the Douro and it is in the Douro that he bets once again, springing towards an ambitious wine project, after having signed the last harvests of the most famous Portuguese red – [...]
Interview with Peter Symington
Andrew James Symington arrived in Portugal in 1882, to work with a textile company. In less than twenty years, he had already become a partner in the oldest British Port Wine firm: Warre & Co., [...]
Interview with George Sandeman
George Sandeman, Chairman of the House of Sandeman, is the eldest of the seventh generation of this family, linked to the Port Wine and Sherry businesses. In 1790, his ancestor, the Scotsman, [...]
Interview with David Bruce Guimaraens
David Bruce Guimaraens is, to a large degree, responsible for the global success of young ‘Vintage Ports’ in the last years. A director of the Taylor-Fonseca Group, he was the winemaker [...]
Interview with Dirk van der Niepoort
The Niepoort brand is ranked amongst the great names in the world of wine. Considering that it is a small company, this fact assumes particular relevance. When its Vintage 1997 was rated “best [...]
Interview with José Neiva Correia
Large volumes, a vast portfolio and competitive pricing are the hallmarks of José Neiva Correia and his DFJ Vinhos, the leading Portuguese company in the English market. As for cork stoppers, the [...]
Interview with Anselmo Mendes
True to his origins, the renowned winemaker Anselmo Mendes is dedicated to producing exquisite variations of Alvarinho, an exceptional variety and typical of the region he was born in. He [...]