March 15, 2012 at 3:00 PM (duration 24:00)
2002 Casa Ferreirinha Vinha GrandeDouro Vinho Tinto *NY Times Top Pick Online Shopping Event
Why We Love ItAs our Panel said, "Now this is smart." From the land of long-lived wines, and winery whose roots date to 1751, this is “Porto's” unfortified side. A taste of the place that “has it all” (the first ever official wine region - think 3rd Century history), it’s a blend of quintessential Portugal; three “Tintas” that make for a palate-pleasing, wallet-wooing, sub-$10 triple threat. New York Times puts it best: “The Douro Valley region of Portugal has so much going in its favor, it’s almost ridiculous.” With looks, brains, history, and grapes, it’s the epitome of “quadruple threat for wine-lovers.” The world’s first ever-demarcated wine region (in 1756), the wine-growing history actually dates back centuries further, to the Gregorian age in the 3rd and 4th Centuries. Within its rows of terraced vines and steep, curvaceous hills, the vines grow for Casa Ferreirinha. Coming together exclusively from their estate vines, our Sourcing Team’s latest “fave” takes on the centuries of more
