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Dirk Niepoort on Tim Atkin’s Cork Talk Podcast
Tune in to hear wine expert Tim Atkin talk all things Portuguese wine with Niepoort Vinhos President Dirk Niepoort. Listen here.
5 Days in Chicago–Time in the Windy City with Team MW
Our team in Chicago–Jennie Mass, Adam Brunsen, Marc Brice, and Nick DeBias–had a full schedule last week, with Jose Teles from Niepoort, Remi Cognet from Domaine Santa Duc, and our own Martine Saunier visiting. We decided to check in and get a look at five days in the life of our reps–check it out! Monday… READ MORE
A Visit With Dirk Niepoort
Before returning stateside last week, we were treated to some quality time in Portugal with Dirk Niepoort. The overcast days of Douro were but pleasant window dressing to the many stories and wines that Dirk had to share with us. Take a look:
Wine on Film: ‘A Year in Port’
An article by James Molesworth for Wine Spectator published on August 11, 2016. The latest installment in the documentary-styled wine movie series is worth a viewing; official trailer debuts here When it comes to portraying wine on film (or TV), success has proven harder to come by than a good botrytized red wine. There’s the bad, like Somm and Mondovino,… READ MORE
TEXSOM International Wine Awards 2015
Martine’s Wines is excited to announce the awards our wines have received from the 68 expert judges at this year’s TEXSOM International Wine Awards! Niepoort, Charme Tinto 2010: Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca. The wine is aged for 14 months. Domaine Bernard Bonin, Meursault Vieilles Vignes 2012: 100% Chardonnay. The… READ MORE
Wine and Port Seminar with Dirk Niepoort
Our first seminar in the upstairs private dining room at Verbena was a cozy squeeze; we didn’t want to turn away any who came out to taste and discuss a collection of Douro wines with Dirk Niepoort. This was his first visit to the US in a while, and sadly a short one, so we… READ MORE
Harvest 2007
There is a saying in Burgundy “Septembre fait le vin,” September makes the wine. It applied in 1978 when the entire summer was overcast with cool temperatures, and by the end of August, the grapes looked like little green English peas. This year, as the growers came back from their short vacation in anticipation of… READ MORE
