wine cellars in villas?

[martin]

is it me, but for a wine producing and drinking country I cant say that I have ever seen a villa here with a wine celler (unlike say France):

is it because the wine does not keep, or perhaps more truthfully is it that they drink it too quick!

any comments?

[Guest]

Probably doesnt lay well

[martin]

probably true

[Guest]

Maybe theyre not worth keeping unlike Port of course.

[Bruxinha]

Hi Martin. I do have a Portuguese friend in Alcantarilha with a wine cellar but you are right, this is very rare. I don't think the Portuguese really appreciate their wine. I am sure someone will correct me if they think I am wrong, but most of my Portuguese friends seem to drink beer and think I am weird when I drink wine, other than with a meal. They shriek "vinho" at me, when I ask for it in a bar. I have been to some houses, where they have served wine to me in coca-cola plastic bottles and in a tumbler glass..yuk!!!!

You don't get wine bars down here do you? Lisboa have a few in the Bairro Alto, which remind me of the ones you get in Italy or Spain.

[martin]

yes ..of course thats why port started because the wine had to be fortified with spirits to keep and to travel

yes the only cellar I heard of was mbutos little porches pad, im sure the poor of the congo would llike to see what there dead corrupt leader was doing with their countries money

[nightrider]

is it me, but for a wine producing and drinking country I cant say that I have ever seen a villa here with a wine celler

Does a cave count Martin

Nightrider