Ever wondered what is it like to travel through Portugal through wine? Wine Tourism in Portugal, the main wine tourism booking portal in Portugal, lets you discover the land, the people, the culture and the food through Portuguese Wine.
My name is Nelson Carvalheiro and I am a Food and Travel blogger at NelsonCarvalheiro.com. I am a firm believer in cultural identity through gastronomy. This is the main reason why I travel. To tell the stories of the places, the people, the heritage and the culture through Food. And now I will be adding wine to my stories too.
Frankly speaking (like a good Portuguese that I am) food and wine are dissociable. One cannot speak about Portuguese food without speaking about wine and vice-versa. Some dishes simply do not taste the same if drank with water or with a pop drink. In many cases it’s almost sinful. Just ask the guys over at the Douro Valley on the wine producers of the Alentejo.
They share my belief that the world class wines which Portugal produces year after year have the humblest of origins. We are not bulling our terroir and our ancestry like the French, we don't think we rule the wine world like the Spanish, neither we think we are taking the wine consumption world by storm like the Californians. Portuguese wine is as quaint and candid as it people.
We don't need big prizes and big awards to feel whole. Sure, the recognition is great, and we are getting it, but deep down what really matters to the wine producer is that he feels that he is making a "soulful" wine. It’s this very Portuguese sense of character, that you don't make things just for making money, but rather to be recognized by your peers and by your clients as something great, trustworthy and truly enjoyable.
It is this shared vision that sparked me into diving "nose first" into the Wine Tourism in Portugal project as one of their Travel Consultants and Ambassadors. I want the world to know about this integral, frank and fearless way of producing wine, and to be able with Wine Tourism in Portugal to showcase this Portugal as the country's greatest wine travel inspiration asset. I am here to help Wine Tourism in Portugal to showcase the best private and unique ways to travel through Portugal through Wine.
Bespoke recommendations, access to private wineries, heritage hotels, local family dinners, lunches in the middle of the vineyards, your very own personal oenologist advising your travel plans... These are one of the few examples of how Wine Tourism in Portugal allows you to gain an insider access to discover Portugal through wine.
It’s as if you were a family member, who they are keen on showing the places, people, experiences and wine tastings that are not available to the common tourist. It is not just about selling room nights, wine experiences or even helping you to plan your wine trip to Portugal. They are sole heartily committed into showing you the best that Portuguese wine and food has to offer to someone who believes wine and all the culture that surrounds it can better define Portugal than much of its heritage and culture.