Ana & Al's Big Portuguese Wine Adventure
Episodes
Bonus Episode (8): Mouchão
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you enjoyed our trip to the iconic Mouchão winery, and the stories Iain Reynolds Richardson told about his family’s 200 year old adventure into ...
Episode 8: The Reddest Grape
01 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I love wine and I love stories, and I can’t think of a better place to find both than Mouchão in the Alentejo.And this episode takes us from Portug...
Episode 7: Tell it how it is
21 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What do Jimmy Hendrix, Elton John and Queen Elizabeth II all have in common?They all used to enjoy a glass of Mateus Rosé when it was one of the worl...
Episode 6: Under the Lake
08 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 6 of Ana & Al’s Big Portuguese Wine Adventure and a story woven through so many layers of history it’s hard to know where to st...
Episode 5: Staying Roman
01 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hey there are welcome to Episode 5 of Ana & Al’s Big Portuguese Wine Adventure.This episode we take an even deeper dive into Portugal’s Roman hist...
Bonus Episode (4): Talha with a twist
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I love talking about talha or amphora wine - it’s one of the most exciting and popular winemaking techniques in the Alentejo.It’s natural wine, it...
Episode 4: Going Roman
25 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of the hottest trends in Portuguese winemaking is using amphorae clay pots - just like the Roman’s did two thousand years ago.In Portugal they a...
Bonus Episode (3): Wine Class
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We packed so much into our third episode on the Plansel winery - new wine grapes, why every new grape plant must be grafted on to an American rootstoc...
Episode 3: Hard Graft
18 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we discover how a shipwrecked German wine heir accidentally changed Portuguese wines from the roots up, and why his daughter Dorina Linde...
BONUS EPISODE (2): Esporão
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Herdade do Esporão has a huge range of wines from the entry level Monte Velho to the once-in-a-blue-moon Torre…with all sorts of wines in between.T...
Episode 2: Deep in Alentejo Wine Country
11 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Now it’s time to head deep into the heart of Alentejo wine country: the hot, dry interior where most of the region’s wines are produced.This episo...
BONUS EPISODE: Vicentino
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve heard the story of Vicentino…now enjoy a tour around the new winery.Every week when we launch a new episode of the podcast we will be putti...
Episode 1: Starting local
04 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our part of Portugal is known as the last wild coast in Europe and it’s a beautiful place to start a podcast series on Portuguese wine.Long-distance...
Podcast Trailer
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After months of criss-crossing Alentejo in search of stories, storytellers and the best possible wines, our documentary-style podcast is almost ready ...