Cartuxa and a mini Pêra-Manca vertical
Monday 15 May 2023
The Portuguese cult wine Pêra-Manca may have been the main draw, but Julia finds plenty of other reasons to seek out Cartuxa.
Pêra-Manca is the top wine of Cartuxa, which in turn is the wine division of the Fondação Eugénio de Almeida, a charitable foundation in the Évora region of Portugal’s Alentejo. It took me a little while to untangle this so I hope I have saved you the trouble.
The invitation to a tasting in London earlier this month enticed me in with the promise of mini-verticals of Pêra-Manca red and white. However, what turned out to be a...
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