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La Dolce Vita Wine Tours

Wine tours in Italy, Spain & Portugal

Living La Dolce Vita

ADVENTURES ON THE WINE TRAIL
(A WINE BLOG)

La Dolce Vita Wine Tours
  • Wine Tours/
    • Land of Barolo
    • Xtreme Piedmont
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    • Trufflemania
    • Amarone & the Alps
    • Tuscan Wine Treasures
    • Xtreme Tuscany
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    • Amalfi Coast for Wine Lovers
    • Discover Sicily
    • The Volcanic Wines of Etna
    • Rioja Roundup
    • The Douro Valley
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December 18, 2018

Kopke’s Miraculous White Port

December 18, 2018/ Pat Thomson
Kopke’s Miraculous White Port

Kopke’s 2007 White Colheita, the miracle-worker that made me see the light about wood-aged white ports

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December 18, 2018/ Pat Thomson/ Comment
Port, Tasting events
Kopke White Colheita, The Douro Valley, Wine Media Guild, Passadouro, Wine & Soul, Chocapalha, Alexandre Relvas, Art.Terre, Vallado, Taylor Fladgate, Churchill's, Niepoort, Quinta de la Rosa, C. da Silva, Wine in Motion
May 26, 2014

9 Burning Questions about Port

May 26, 2014/ Pat Thomson
9 Burning Questions about Port

What Is Port? and other factoids

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May 26, 2014/ Pat Thomson/ Comment
Port, Travels in Portugal
Croft, Kopke, Niepoort, Oporto, Port, Warre's, Douro
April 17, 2013

Orange salad with cilantro

April 17, 2013/ Pat Thomson
Orange salad with cilantro

Orange salad with cilantro, a perfect side dish for chicken tangine with apricots

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April 17, 2013/ Pat Thomson/ Comment
Gavi, Port, Uncategorized, Recipes
Chablis, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Chicken Tagine with Apricots and Spiced Pine Nuts, Gavi, Jean-Paul & Benir Droin, Maryland Crab Cake, Quinta do Infantado, Ruby Port, Valditerra
September 28, 2010

The Other Vesuvio

September 28, 2010/ Pat Thomson
The Other Vesuvio

Pombal do Vesuvio in the Douro Valley

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September 28, 2010/ Pat Thomson/ Comment
Port
Dona Antonia Ferreira, Passion for Port, Pombal do Vesuvio, Port, Quinta do Vesuvio, Symington, Douro
January 20, 2010

Lunch in Pinhão and the Small, Small World of Port Winemakers

January 20, 2010/ Pat Thomson
Lunch in Pinhão and the Small, Small World of Port Winemakers

A chance encounter with Dirk Niepoor and Christian Van Zeller

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January 20, 2010/ Pat Thomson/ Comment
Port, Travels in Portugal
Garrafeira, Niepoort, Passadouro, Pinhão, Port, Port wine, Porta Romana
January 16, 2010

The New Era of Port

January 16, 2010/ Pat Thomson
The New Era of Port

A visit to Quinta do Tedo, in the Douro Valley

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January 16, 2010/ Pat Thomson/ 4 Comments
Port, Travels in Portugal
Chryseia, Kay Bouchard, Port, Port wine, Quinta do Noval, Quinta do Tedo, Ramos Pinto, Sandeman, Vincent Bouchard
January 14, 2010

Lunch at Niepoort

January 14, 2010/ Pat Thomson
Lunch at Niepoort

Warm hospitality on a chilly rainy day, while scouting our Douro Valley tour

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January 14, 2010/ Pat Thomson/ Comment
Port, Travels in Portugal
Niepoort, Port wine, Portugal wine, Douro
January 11, 2010

Port Wine 101

January 11, 2010/ Pat Thomson
Port Wine 101

Learning the basics about Port on our Douro Valley scout

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January 11, 2010/ Pat Thomson/ Comment
Port, Travels in Portugal
Port, Port categories, Port wine
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    • Discover Sicily
    • The Volcanic Wines of Etna
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    • The Douro Valley
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La Dolce Vita Wine Tours

La Dolce Vita Wine Tours is a boutique tour operating offering wine tours in Italy, Spain & Portugal since 1999.

ABOUT ME
I’m Patricia Thomson, and these are my dispatches from the wine world in Italy, New York, and beyond. I provide stories, not ratings, missives from life on the road as a wine-tour guide and wine writer. Read more.


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MY ARTICLES
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POSTS ON OUR WINE TOURS
Alps & Dolomites
Amalfi
Douro Valley
Liguria
Piedmont
Rioja
Sicily
Tuscany


  • Amarone 3
  • At Home in Piedmont 8
  • Barbaresco 2
  • Barbera 2
  • Barolo 7
  • Beer 6
  • Brunello 8
  • Cabernet 4
  • Chianti Classico 6
  • Etna 2
  • Falanghina 1
  • Fiano 1
  • Florence 1
  • Franciacorta 2
  • Gavi 4
  • Gewürtztraminer 1
  • Greco 2
  • Grillo 2
  • Lambrusco 2
  • Marsala 1
  • Milan 2
  • Morellino di Scansano 1
  • Moscato 2
  • Nebbiolo 4
  • Nero d'Avola 3
  • Pelaverga 1
  • Port 9
  • Primitivo 2
  • Recipes 22
  • Refosco 1
  • Ribolla Gialla 1
  • Rome 6
  • Sagrantino 3
  • Sangiovese 4
  • Sassicaia 3
  • Soave 4
  • Spain 10
  • Sparklers 3
  • Super Tuscans 4
  • Tasting events 31
  • Travels in Italy 23
  • Travels in Portugal 9
  • Uncategorized 7
  • Valpolicella 1
  • Venice 3
  • Vermentino 9
  • Vin Santo 1
  • Vino Nobile 2
  • Wine (non-Italian) 12
  • Wine Events 15

BLOGS I ACTUALLY READ!
on food

101 Cookbooks
Orangette
Tartelette

on wine
Do Bianchi
Dr. Vino
On the Wine Trail in Italy
Tom's Wine Line
Vinography
Wine Harlots


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REGIONS
Piedmont
Veneto/Alto Adige
Liguria
Emilia Romagna
Tuscany
Umbria
Campania
Sicily

COUNTRIES
Italy
Spain
Portugal

INTERESTS
Wine
Wine Intensive
Walking & Wine
Custom Wine
Custom Walk
Custom Bike

GENERAL INFO

PRIVACY POLICY

© 2019 La Dolce Vita Wine Tours
576 Fifth Street, Brooklyn NY 11215
888-746-0022 US & Canada
718-788-6365 Int’l
info@dolcetours.com

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