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Make wine not war! An American girl meets a Danish guy, falls in love, sails to Portugal then makes wine….Meet California native (with some Portugese ancestors) Carrie Jorgensen of Cortes de Cima Winery in Southern Portugal, who with Danish husband Hans Kristian Jorgensen have staked a new Portugese wine frontier from their 130 hectare vineyard. In essence Cortes de Cima is a composite of a new world winery in an old world wine region. Started in 1988, the couple began by doing things a little different from the norm. Example, planting red wine varietals in a traditionally white wine area and using an untraditional ‘New World’ trellis system. When they bottled their first Syrah varietal in 1998, they were stuck on how to label it, since Syrah was still ‘illegal’ as a ‘Vinho Regional’ grape variety, so they called it ‘Incógnito´. For this chat Carrie let me try her 2008 Chaminé – pronounced: sha-min-E; translation: chimney which is named after one of their vineyard plots. Bottled 6 months after harvest, the non barrel aged wine displays a dense garnet color with abundant red and dark fruit notes with soft tannins. For detailed information about Chaminé and other Cortes de Cima wines please visit their website www.cortesdecima.com
Walid Romaya
Prince of Wine
