Adegga Family Christmas Party @Alfaia Garrafeira wine bar

André Ribeirinho – the chief evangelist of Adegga  

A day after Adegga's most successful Lisbon wine market to date – 1000 #winelovers came, the Adegga family and their guests met up on Sunday evening at the wonderful Alfaia Garrafeira, run by Pedro Jorge, in the heart of Lisbon's Bairro Alta district. 

People wondering why and how Adegga has been successful would, I think, find some clues at this family party. The team, which has grown organically, clearly get on well together and there does not appear to be any dissonant egos at play here.    

 Beatriz Silva i/c of Chief Evangelist

Magnus Reuterdahl still remarkably bright eyed 

after 48 hours in Lisbon

 Roger Kolbu 

 In the red sweater – André the detective – one of the trio that run Adegga 

Fabien Lainé looks on

 Paulo Pontes – a complicated tash and Pedro's assistant at Alfaia Garrafeira

 The many facets of Ricardo Bernardo – above and below

 Have I got this the right way up? 

 

I'll try the iPhone it's easier!

 Adegga family and guests 

 In the white shirt – Daniel Matos – the third one of Adegga's lynchpins

Centre front: Hugo Fernandes – Creative Director

 Present opening 

Standing: Michael Wising – organiser of Adegga Stockholm 

in September 2015 – with his two daughters

Finding a port for some wine....

Le Roi Magnus – suitably garlanded 

Adegga Christmas Wine Market –pics from off-site event in Rubro, Campo Pequeno

We spent Friday night, the evning before the Adegga Wine Market at Rubro at the Campo Pequeno (Lisbon) – they tend to specialise in steak, which we had and was good and suitably rare except the kitchen was rather heavy handed with the salt.

 

 Stéphane Ferreira (Quinta do Pôpa) and Fabien Lainé

Roger with Marion and Justine Saurel from Montirius  (biodynamic)

in the southern Rhône making Côtes du Rhône, 

Vacqueyras and Gigondas.

Montirius was one of the few non-Portuguese 

producers at Adegga

 A studious Roger Kolbu 

 Magnus Reuterdahl equally occupied

 Fabien Lainé demonstrating cause and effect 

(above and below)

  Stéphane Ferreira 

(above and below) 

2006 Quinta do Mouro, Estremoz

brought by Stéphane and the 

best wine of the evening

 

Stéphane's 2011 Pôpa VV, Douro 

Still young but promising  

December 5th 2015: Adegga Wine Market – photos and a few words

Adegga winemarket 

Photos and a few words from yesterday's December Adegga Wine Market – the last one in 2015 closing a busy year for Adegga, which has seen wine markets in Stockholm and Berlin as well as Portugal. Yesterday's Wine Market attracted 1000 #winelovers. Separate post on wine highlights to follow.   

Crowd of #winelovers @ Adegga

(above and below)

Earlier on – around the Cortes de Cima table 

inc Adegga's CEO

David Ferreira of Herdade do Mouchão 
(above and below)

Julia Kemper with Roger Kolbu 

Julia's Elpenor 2013 Rosé – "a real wine to enjoy with food"

Paulo Coutinho of Quinta do Portal

Paulo's oak aged craft beer

Anna Kristina Jørgensen of Cortes de Cima

(above and below) 

#winelover

 

#EWBC: Georgia – some photos from second day

 Sheep-jam (above and below)

Varieties planted at the National Vine Research centre (above and below) 

20 vines of each variety are planted many with catchy names that may appear in a supermarket near yoiu 

Autumnal leaf

Petter Svaetichin, md at Château Mukhrani

Château Mukhrani (above and below)

Early gathering of the Winelovers group

 Lado Uzunashvili – winemaker at Château Mukhrani

 Caucasus Mountains with sunset (above and below)

Schuchmann Wines: above and below

Giorgi ‘Goga’ Dakishvili, the winemaker

A new Winelover

 Dinner@Château Mere

 Owner of Château Mere

Mads Jordansen
 

Elizabeth Gstarz

 

Winemaker's hands

Arto Kostelo (aka Luiz Alberto)

Roger Kolbu

Magnus Reuterdahl and Luiz Alberto inducting a new winelover

Sam Ockman – our lanterne rouge