The International Wine Challenge (IWC) owned by William Reed Business Media is now in its 34th year. The IWC is accepted as the world’s finest and most meticulously judged wine competition which assesses every wine blind and judges each for its faithfulness to style, region and vintage. Throughout the rigorous judging processes, each medal-winning wine […]

Sports like crossfit, zumba and paddel will become modalities of the past. For VINHA, Wineball Sport is going to revolutionize the sports industry. You have to admit that it has everything to be the biggest sport in the world. To better understand how the modality will help, we leave some exercises to start training: 1- […]

At first sight, a chronicle titled “What women want” can be quite captivating. There is a whole conspiracy about what women want, when they want it and why they want it. Until this day, and as far as we know, no one has been able yet to find the “golden key”. The more we try […]

Vivino’s 2017 Wine Style Awards recognize the best wines on the planet in 147 categories This year’s winning wines were determined by Vivino’s community of 21 million users and the millions of wine ratings they’ve submitted over the past year. For each wine style category, Vivino has selected the top ten best-rated wines with at […]

Vinha wants your Valentine’s Day to be unforgettable and so we leave here a script for wine lovers – as we are – to prepare the perfect day! Every day we feel happy to have our loved one by our side, but the 14th of February is a special time to demonstrate it even more. Especially […]

Friday. Friends’ reunion. Friends that, as good wine tasters, got easily rid of some wine bottles (the Portuguese ones, of course). From this little meeting, have left few more than memories and corks (too many corks!). So, memories are easy to remember whenever you want (if you had lucky there are photos who can help […]

2016 it’s over and it’s time to discover which Portuguese wines were selected by the magazines Wine Enthusiast  and Wine Spectator as their Top 100. Throughout the year, both magazines have tasted many wines and the portuguese ones have been well distinguished. The Wine Enthusiast magazine awarded 6 wines: a port, a Douro, a green wine, […]

Want to know more about the history of Portuguese wine? If so, Flávio Faria most recent’s book could be your greatest helper. Flávio Faria have visited over 300 wineries in the past few years in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Portugal, Italy, the United States, Hungary, Switzerland, South Africa and France. Economis, master in management systems and […]

During Christmas season, due to higher demand and greater pressure over our carriers, VINHA advises you to anticipate your orders, especially if you are ordering to/from overseas. During the period, we will do our best to assure: Portugal (Mainland): Up to 3 business days. Should there be a delay, our carriers will reach you to […]

During all the Autumn, chestnuts are very famous in Portugal. But during the first two weeks of November, with the mythic “St. Martin’s summer”, all it’s needed is “fire, chestnuts and wine” (a Portuguese saying). In order to help you choose best wine to pair with chestnuts, our wine specialist suggests 5 wines. From the Vinho Verde […]

The 2016 Wine Enthusiast’s Top 100 Best Buys has been published! This year, there are 9 Portuguese wines highlighted, and two of them are on the top 5. On this count, Portugal achieves the third place as the country with more wines on the list, only after the United States and France. It should also […]

As it was referred by the British wine critic Jancis Robinson, “it is impossible to think of any other wine region anywhere in the world that has produced better wine in 2011”. A legendary harvest In fact, the wet and rainy winter of 2011 allowed the formation of water reserves that were precious during summer, which was […]

Being a winelover, you have probably experienced a situation like this. You are having a pleasant dinner with friends and you drop some red wine on your clothes, on the tablecloths, or even on that special carpet. Next time it happens to you, don’t freak out! Red wine stains are not that difficult to remove! Below we give […]

Organic wines are wines made from grapes of organic production. This kind of production is performed without the use of chemical products, in revitalized and enriched soil with organic matter only. Leaving aside the use of pollutant products, organic wines combine the best modern practices with agriculture’s traditional knowledges. Organic producers are forced to follow very […]

If you’re that person who thinks that “everything good, makes you feel bad”, then get it out of your mind – at least, what concerns to wine. Consumed with moderation, wine can contribute directly to certain disorder’s prevention – and, indirectly, to your health general improvement (sometimes even with less moderation). How? 1. Laughing is […]

Regions where the wine production is strongly a part of it, a huge microclimate diversity, the exclusive grape varieties of the Portuguese territory and the unique Douro Valley’s landscape. All of this makes Portugal a one of kind country when it comes to wine production. But why is Portuguese Wine so different, after all? We can […]

Out of the bottle: crystal, pale and light, fogging the glass’ bottom and foreseeing its granitic freshness. With my eyes on the sand, feeling the warm waves of wind of this summer, I take my first sip. On the mouth, it shows the Dão’s whiteness and its perfect balance between acidity and sweetness, characteristic of […]

If you are a wine lover and have already participated in a wine tasting, or even visited a wine fair, you have certainly seen someone spitting wine from the mouth. Actually, it is not very elegant (some may even find it disgusting) but the truth is it makes sense. Why is it a common practice […]

Everyone knows that Bacchus is the God of wine. But can you really be a wine specialist just by knowing that? Answer these 5 questions to prove you are an expert!    

To those who are only looking for the short answer: yes, the wine is calorie heavy. One cup usually has about 100 to 300 kcal, depending on the sugar and alcohol quantity. Now, the longer answer: let’s try to imagine one of those very old scales, with 2 iron plates. One of the plates has […]