Madeira 2012; A Photographic Report – Part 4
Mad about Madeira continues promoting the island in a broader perspective. Here’s the last one of four photographic reports. If you like the content, I invite you to visit and like the site’s Facebook page as well. Again, it is great to have you here; thank YOU for following my attempts to put focus [...]
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1979, 1980, 1981 Terrantez – that’s all folks!
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Next year, when I visit Artur and Edmundo Olim, the brothers at
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Artur De Barros e Sousa Lda: A travel in time
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Revisit. I’m entering the doorway at Rua dos Ferreiros 109. Few knows about the gem that’s [...]
A travel in time; 2011 to 1811
When I look back I actually have a hard time understanding how I made it all. Leaving for Funchal Tuesday – heading back home again on Sunday. All producers visited, some twice. The incoming of the grapes, picking grapes and attending some truly memorable tastings.
Guess I didn’t sleep so much when I think about [...]
There’s something about Rua dos Ferreiros 109. An entry to a world not existing anymore. Walking the Canteiro of Artur Barros e Sousa (ABSL) is such a unique experience in a wine world filled with stainless steel and impeccably cleaned floors. No sir, not here. Artur and Edmundo Olim seem to share the same belief [...]
At the very same time as I salute the dedication and handicraft by Artur and Edmundo Olim, realizing their wines wouldn’t be the same if produced in larger quantities, it is also sad knowing how many who will miss out on the wines of Artur Barros. Only a few thonsands liters of Madeira wine is [...]
Muito Velho. That is old you know. Very old. ”It’s the new name of the Reserva wines”, Carlota, Edmundo Olim’s daughter, tells me. ”They were made by my great grandfather”, she continues.
Artur and Edmundo Olim don’t know how old they are. Only that the Reserva wines are at least [...]
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