On October 16th and 17th we held a small in-house exhibition. Under the title "Festa Portuguesa" we invited 3 of the most exciting young winemakers from Portugal to Berlin: Rita Marques Ferreira, Luis Louro and Antonio Madeira. We wanted to offer our customers the opportunity to get to know the wines of the three in a relaxed atmosphere. The weather was on our side, the shop was full and the atmosphere was great, the customers were enthusiastic, the winegrowers were satisfied and of course we were too! But instead of wasting too many words, let's let the pictures do the talking...

As a prelude to "Cheese" in Markthalle Neun next Sunday, we are offering you the opportunity to taste a selection of our favorite Portuguese wines with us and to discover cheese from Portugal, which one of Portugal's leading cheese experts, Manuel Maia, brought . This Friday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

At the beginning of October, we had the pleasure of traveling to Brittany to investigate the phenomenon of the vintage sardine. We visited the Conserverie Gonidec in Concarneau, from which we get the excellent sardines "Les Mouettes d'Arvor". We were also allowed to go out with a sardine cutter and look over the shoulders of the real fishermen during their nocturnal venture ...

My fourth trip to Portugal this year took me and my wife to the Douro Valley again, but this time also to the Dão, the growing region a little further inland to the south, which some are cautiously calling "Portugal's Tuscany". We met four promising established and new winemakers and brought back a nice crop of fantastic wines that we're sure you'll love!

Word has gotten as far away as Germany that a new generation of winegrowers has taken over the reins in Portugal a few years ago. As part of our Festa Portuguesa - an open wine tasting - we would like to introduce you to our favorite Portuguese wines. But it's not us, but the winemakers themselves who are visiting us for the occasion: Rita Marques Ferreira (Conceito, Alto Douro), Louis Vegas Louro (Adega do Monte Branco, Alentejo) and Antonio Madeira (Dão). There are 10 wines on the tasting sheet. And Anabela Campos-Neves from anabela's Kitchen will take care of your physical well-being with delicious petiscos!

We visited Fromagerie Janier in Lyon, with whom we have been working since the beginning. Once a week we receive a large range of French raw milk cheeses that have previously been stored and matured in the Janiers' cheese cellars in such a way that they meet the highest quality standards. This work is called affinage. We wanted to know what it looks like behind the scenes...

On her journey through France, Anaïs stops at some of our suppliers. This time she is visiting the family business Charcuterie Mayté in the Pyrenees, from which we try various salamis and of course the delicious Basque ham. Of course, she also tries a regional specialty – the Piment d'Espelette, the only European type of chili!