Vinhos de Portugal says goodbye at a party and dreams of returning in person in 2022 | Wines from Portugal in Brazil
The 8th edition of Vinhos de Portugal in Brazil ended this Sunday already with plans to return to attendance next year, confirms an organization and ViniPortugal, a partner of Vinhos de Portugal in Brazil. The event is scheduled for the beginning of June 2022.
This time, and in an event that lasts for two weekends (16 and 17 and 23 and 24), the organization’s option – the newspapers PÚBLICO, from Portugal, and O Globo e Valor Económico, from Brazil, in partnership with ViniPortugal and curator and conception of Out of Paper – opted to still keep the digital format, transmitting to Brazil, from a hotel in Lisbon, a mandatory tasting marathon and producers, and relaxed conversations with a series of mandatory Brazilians as hosts.
It is still early for the final balance, but the available numbers show that more than a thousand tickets were sold, which represents an increase in relation to the previous edition, the first in digital version. During the first weekend there were 2235 hits to talk shows, which were aimed at a wider audience and bet on Brazilian personalities like the chefs Claude Troisgros, Emmanuel Bassoleil, Bella Masano, Marcelo Corrêa Bastos, and in the actors and presenters Mel Fronckowiak, Monique Alfradique, Thiago Rodrigues, and also in the journalist Marcos Uchôa and in the sommelier Cecilia Aldaz. The idea was that they would ask the questions that any common consumer would ask about wine and that the conversations were uncomplicated and fun.
On the other hand, the 17 tastings of the event, led by the obliged Jorge Lucki, the Master of Wines Dirceu Vianna Junior, and Manuel Carvalho were all bought with wines, which means that in Brazil people watched the experts’ explanations and could taste them at the same time. the wines that were being served. In the end, the participating producers – 66 in total – were very out of date with the result and said goodbye with one for the year in the 9th edition, which is already being thought to combine the best of the presence and the much that learned with digital enabled two years. Until then, as stories, images and all information about the participating producers are still available on the event platform.