Tell us a few words about yourself and your wines: Born in a family with strong roots in the Douro Valley and a long winegrowing tradition, to Tiago Alves de Sousa the land appeal was listened from a tender age. With a degree in Agricultural Engineering by the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, he was distinguished with the award Foundation “António de Almeida” and with a special distinction by the Portuguese government for being the best student of the degree. After some periods of harvest training, collaborating with consecrated winemakers such as Manuel Vieira, Luís Cabral de Almeida and Anselmo Mendes, complemented with studies of winemaking and viticulture and a passage in the Institute of Viticulture of the Università Cattolica de Piacenza (Italy) where he collaborated with the reputed Professors Mario Fregoni and Luigi Bavaresco, he joins definitely Alves de Sousa’s winemaking team in 2002. For some years he accumulated the w

Afternoon Brief, March 5th

More Bad News: SipSource Report Pulls No Punches: 2023 numbers tell a story of wine's continuing decline and provide little hope for a quick turnaround...

John Barker Sets a New Direction for the OIV in Its 100th Anniversary Year

The First Official Act of the New Oiv Director General, John Barker, Took Place on 11 January in Dijon, at the OIV’s New Year Celebration 2024. Barker Shared His Objectives […]

Santa Rosa, CA: TCW Equipment is pleased to announce its partnership with PROTEC equipment, the unequivocal leader in optical sorting technology. Protec produces innovative products for the food, wine-growing, seafood and agricultural sectors. This alliance was established to collaborate on improving the U.S. based representation and service to the wine industry for PROTEC’s line of optical products. PROTEC’s optical sorters utilize entirely novel computer vision methods not available in any other machine on the market. The result is fruit that is more cleanly and effectively processed than with competitive optical sorters. In truth, there is no competition.  Optical sorting provides incredible benefits to winemakers that can't be matched with manual sorting. While some traditionalists initially sniffed at the concept of computers sorting grapes, those same purists have been won over the huge advantages optical sorting offers: greatly reduced labor costs, increased

Afternoon Brief, October 18th

Remembering Barbara Winiarski: Barbara Dvorak Winiarski, co-founder of Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, artist, preservationist, and philanthropist, died at 88 years old, peacefully, at her home in Napa Valley, California, on October 8, 2021...

Casa Luigi Cans Are the Perfect Post-Pandemic Socializing and Entertaining Partners

Los Angeles:  May 18, 2021 – Whether you are ready to celebrate with a hundred friends or you are still wary of socializing in groups, Casa Luigi Sparkling cocktails and Rosé in a can offer the perfect post-pandemic solution to your entertaining and summer socializing needs.  Social responsibility is still important even though restrictions have […]

February 10th – Moorestown, NJ – Regal Wine Imports now distributes PortoVino’s collection of groovy Italian wines in New York and New Jersey. The range includes Fuso, Mariotti, Luigi Tecce, Franchino, Venditti, Le Vigne di Alice, I Custodi, Cardedu, Belisario, Valli Unite and Vigneti Massa, among others.  For over 30 years, the founders of PortoVino […] The post Regal Wine Imports Adds PortoVino to Portfolio appeared first on Wine Industry Advisor. Url:https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2021/02/10/regal-wine-imports-adds-portovino-to-portfolio?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=regal-wine-imports-adds-portovino-to-portfolio Published Date:Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:30:11 +0000