Julia's Portuguese Marathon – Trás-os-Montes
Monday 11 March 2013
One of the 1,000+ responses we were delighted to receive to our recent survey included this short answer to the question, How could JancisRobinson.com be improved? 'More Julia Harding' Et voilà! We begin a week devoted to the five last tasting articles in Julia's Portuguese marathon series with one that focuses on one producer in what is probably the least well known region, Trás-os-Montes. Much longer articles on Beiras, Douro, Tejo and Terras do Sado to follow.
Valle Pradinhos was the estate I visited on my whirlwind trip of the country at the end of 2011. No other Trás-os-Montes...
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