Uncorked! Wine Bar
915 N. 8th Street Boise, ID 83702
$50 Co-op Member
$60 Non-Member
Enjoy an evening tasting and learning about port wines; specifically Vieira de Sousa port wines. We have Luisa Borges, winemaker and owner of Viera de Sousa Port House, coming to Boise all the way from Portugal for this class!
We will start the class with a White Port and a Tonic Cocktail (aka Porto Tonico). Then we'll taste a few still wines and then go into the ports that include the 'Fine' White, Tawny, and Ruby Ports, the 10-year Port, and the 'Alice' Red Port. You will also enjoy individual small plates of food paired specifically with each port wine: Blue Cheese, Nuts, Apple Pie, Dark Chocolate, and more!
About Vieira de Sousa:
"Vieira de Sousa is a newly founded official Port house that dates back to the 18th century; as they have always farmed exceptional fruit from the Douro River region, but historically have sold the majority of their juice to the large estates as their primary business. Having also made small bits of port for the family for over a century, the house has now moved to making only their own Port as Luisa Vieira de Sousa Borges (the current and now operating generation of the family) completed a degree in oenology in 2008, and was ready to take her family’s business to a new level. She is in her young 30s, ambitious, and tackling a world of old traditional wine made by old men and doing incredible things with her family’s property. Only estate fruit is used for these incredible wines, coming from four different quintas (vineyards) at varying elevations, dispositions, and influences. In 2009 they bottled their first vintage port from their top Quinta do Roncão Pequeno site, the rest will now be history. Her Ports are crushed in old stone lagares, natural yeasts encouraged for fermentations, natural settling for clarification, and they use incredibly delicate brandy for fortification. Luisa also has a small range of un-fortified wines that showcase the fresh side of her beautiful grapes and terroir. The result of her entire project is exceptional, classic, and will surely grow in esteem and recognition in the coming years."