CASA de MOURAZ received several visits




This week we received several visits in CASA de MOURAZ. First from our Japanese importer, Mr. Kenjiro Kishimoto, who were with Mr. Takashi Kagitani. We did a small tour in the vineyards and tasted our new vintages. Second, from Mr. Thomas Calder, our agent in USA.
The weather was very good, not far from 20ºC, it seams that we are already in Spring time.
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After the storm in Alentejo




Return to Portugal after almost 2 weeks in France, a stop in Burgos (Spain) and straigth ahead to Portugal. We entered by the Alentejo, the 4th February, with a big storm.



after the storm, what a nice sky!!
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Awards in Biofach Wine Challenge 2009

Silver Medal - CARUMA Selecção red wine Dão DOC 2006
This wine is sold by Delinat (Switzerland).



Commended Award - AIR / António Lopes Ribeiro, table wine
Created for Natural Merchants (USA)
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France Tour, day 8 and 9











We had to be in Angers for a wine presentation the 1st February at Greniers Saint Jean, with the wine group Renaissance des Appellations / Return to Terroir. The motive for a small promenade in the LOIRE.

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France Tour, day 6, the 30th January






















The famous Burgundy. First stop in Domaine Chapelle, at Santenay, Côte
de Beaune. All the afternoon tasting some great chardonnay and pinot noir "1er crus" and "vins de village" with Yannick Jacrot and Jean François Chapelle. After we went to Meursault, a lovely village near Beaune, where we spent the night in " Le Chevreuill". In the morning we continued our trip in Burgundy with Mrs. Muriel Déleger, of Vini Vitis Bio, who took us to see the vineyards of several grand crus of Montrachet (Domaine Jacques Prieur, Criots-Batard, Leflaive).
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France Tour, day 5, the 29th January
















Continue our France tour, after some days in Montpellier. A journey in Côtes du Rhône. First visit - Domaine Duseigneur, near Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres, with Bernard and his brotherFrédéric who pays samba. They have very nice biodynamic wines (appellation Lirac and Laudun). After luch with them we continue to Châteauneuf-du-Pape and at the end of the day Hermitage. Beautiful old vineyards in Hermitage (Domaine Chapoutier and others). Here we had a big adventure, our car was blocked on the top of the mountain of Hermitage, near the small chapel, we thought we had to sleep in the car, it was frosty (- 0,5 º), finally the police gave us a drive to the worse hotel in Tain l'Hermitage. In the morning, it was a tractor that took away our car and we continue our journey to Burgundy. Despite the cold and the car accident, it was great!
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Uma parte da história, por António Lopes Ribeiro

Nasci em Dezembro de 1970, numa casa de granito construída pelo meu pai, António Ribeiro, num terreno herdado pela minha mãe, Maria Fernanda, outrora pertença do meu avô que por sua vez o tinha recebido do meu bisavô. A pedra utilizada na sua construção foi, ela própria, arrancada nesse terreno. Segundo conta o meu pai, hoje com mais de 80 anos, a casa e os armazéns demoraram dois anos a construir. De uma terra inóspita e praticamente inculta nasceu uma bela construção e vários terraços perfeitamente aráveis, onde viria a nascer a vinha do Outeiro. Conta também que, nesse ano, em virtude da grande preocupação com a obra, perdeu praticamente toda a colheita de vinho...

Mesmo assim ainda teve tempo para plantar uma nova vinha. Nasci sobre uma adega, com cubas de betão, lagar e tonéis. Em Dezembro os vinhos ainda se ajeitavam no interior do vasilhame e os seus aromas atravessavam o tabuado que separava a adega do meu quarto. Sou o quarto filho, irmão de Adriano, Hélder e Jorge.