Sommelier Laura Williamson is Cool!

Anyone who gives a shout out to Greece and sparkling Bairrada in the same paragraph is super cool in my book!  Check out this fun interview with Sommelier Lauren Williamson in notesfromesporao's new Sommelier insights series.

"Portugal, along with Greece, offers guests numerous unknown crowd-pleasing wines as well as successful menu pairing wines. Portugal is being recognized by guests as a country crafting styles other than fortified. This creates much-needed excitement regarding guests and their ability to associate high-quality along with Portugal as a whole. I particularly enjoy the dry wines of Douro (both red and white), sparkling Arinto and Baga and gems from Filipa Pato of Bairrada."

http://notesfromesporao.com/2013/08/sommelier-insights-part-two-jean-georges-laura-williamson/

Portuguese Wine Dinner Tomorrow Night 8/28/2013!

There will be a wonderful Wine Dinner tomorrow evening in Vienna, VA @ Cafe Renessaince-presented by Sommelier Kirby Pope.  Details in the link below!

http://thenativegrape.blogspot.com/p/events.html