Quinta de Covela acaba de lançar no mercado os brancos Avesso e Arinto, bem como a edição 2014 do rosé. Os brancos monocasta são aconselhados para acompanhar saladas, peixe grelhado ou comidas orientais. Quanto ao rosé, que tem por base a casta Touriga Nacional, é proposta para harmonizar com gastronomias leves.
Lima & Smith owner of the brand Quinta da Covela bring the news with a Vinho Verde the Edição Nacional Arinto and the magnificent Touriga Nacional Rosé.
The English Tony Smith and the Brazilian Marcelo Lima should announce the purchase of another winery in their portfolio. Friends since Smith worked as a journalist in Brazil,
as a foreign correspondent, both launched in the wine world in 2011, with the purchase of Quinta da Covela in the Minho region, northern of Portugal.
The place chosen for the presentation of new Covela wines was the theater S. Carlos in Lisbon.
News arrived this summer from Covela. Two white, avesso and arinto (this a novelty), Touriga National rosé and the top of range Escolha.
Highlight for Covela Escolha Branco in Wine Lover blog's Journal"
After the success of the Edição Nacional 100 por cento Avesso, Quinta de Covela, situated on the left bank of the Douro River, in Baião, launch once more a new green wine and a light salmon Rosé
Covela Escolha Branco 2012 won a gold medal in the 2013 Mundus Vini Concours for organic wines, Biofach. Held in Germany, Biofach is one of the most important European competitions for organic wines and attracts competitors from wine-producing regions from all over the world.
Half a year after launch, the first Covela wines of the new generation - one vinho verde and one white cuvée - have already sold out. Marcelo Lima and Tony Smith, the two foreign investors who bought Quinta de Covela in 2011, are preparing now the launch of the 2013 Covela Escolha Tinto, an unoaked red blend of Touriga Nacional, Cabernet Franc and Merlot - just in time for Christmas. Cheers!
“Walking through the hotel corridors and reading the plaques outside each room - instead of numbers, the rooms have names of wines – we get the feeling we are walking through a "best of" of Portuguese wines”, says Anthony Smith, one of the owners of Quinta de Covela, a Yeatman partner.
