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VIRGO White gets Grand Gold Medal at Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2016

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Our VIRGO 2015 White wine was the highlight of Portugal in Brussels World Contest 2016. This wine was awarded as a Panel Revelation having been among the six white wines with the highiest scores at the event and was awarded a Grand Gold Medal. This Virgo White is an amazing … Read more

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Graduation time for the VirgoWine Contests

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We launched this month the 12th VirgoWine contest, it’s graduation month!!!! These contests bring together a short list of the ten best labels that represent 10 Virgo Moments that were sent to us by our consumers. The contestents run for the first three places, in order to win bootles of … Read more

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Torre do Frade Reserva 2007 By Master Sommelier João Pires

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The one and only João Pires who is Master of Sommelier and has been working as head Sommelier in London for the past decades has tasted our Torre do Frade Reserva 2007 and got surprised by the youth and freshness of this wine from Alentejo. For us it is really … Read more

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Making Of VIRGOwine white 2013 label

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We use the creational power of our clients to build the VIRGOwine labels, the so called, Crowdsource. Yes, we challenge our consumers to share with us their VIRGO Moments by taking a picture to their VIRGO red dettachable label and with that material we create the new labels each new … Read more

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Lisbon Airport tasting

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Came to an end our adventure in the Duty Free store in the Lisbon Airport. It was a great adventure and challenge and the results speak for them self. We want to thank the staff and speccially all the passangers and clients that tasted and shared a bit of their … Read more

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Costumized hand made Labels

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For this Christmas we have reedit the Master Piece VIRGO Project. This project consists on creating exclusive and unique Virgo Wine (red) labels using the artist skills of Pedro Salvador Mendes. Pedro is a professional ilustrator that builds exclusive labels for our clients based in the photos that he receives … Read more

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Torre do Frade in the Stars Route

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The event The Stars Route gathers together several international Chefs with Michellin stars in the different portuguese restaurants that have that gastronomic distinction. The last event will happen at Casa da Calçada Relais Chateaux in Amarante during the 28th/29th and 30st of November. Three dinners wil be served by different … Read more

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Expirience Tourism – Open Harvest at Torre do Frade Estate

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Come and live a unique Expirience in Alentejo Manual Harvest at Torre do Frade Estate From the 1st until the 15th of September Torre do Frade Estate opens its doors to all Winelovers and Expirencelovers to join the 2013th grape harvest with us. The program starts at 09:30 AM picking … Read more

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Adegga Summer Wine Market 2013

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Gary Dourdan has a unique VIRGO Wine Label

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Gary Dourdan from CSI Miami was in Portugal a couple of weeks ago and we made a Master Piece VIRGO with his pic. Unfortunatly he couldn’t make it to the dinner and reception that the production had prepared for him, but the bottle is there. This bottles are hand made … Read more

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