<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389200974424550497</id><updated>2014-09-15T13:58:45.087+01:00</updated><category term="Provas de Vinhos"/><category term="Enologia"/><category term="Artigo"/><category term="Opinião"/><category term="Wine Tastings"/><category term="Labels and Art"/><category term="Rótulos e Arte"/><category term="Barómetro Vinhos"/><category term="Comentário à Imprensa"/><category term="Castas"/><category term="Editorial"/><category term="Filmes"/><category term="Fotografias"/><category term="Livros"/><category term="Media"/><category term="Notícia"/><category term="Wine Barometer"/><category term="Alvarinho"/><category term="Enólogo"/><category term="Estatuto do Profissional de Enologia"/><category term="Opinion"/><category term="Roda dos Aromas"/><category term="Denominações de Origem"/><category term="Figuras"/><category term="Books"/><category term="Cork"/><category term="EnoTrailers"/><category term="Biodiversity"/><category term="Enology"/><category term="Gastronomia e Vinhos"/><category term="Global"/><category term="Oenology"/><category term="Resposta ao Leitor"/><category term="Wine Appellations"/><category term="Wine Closures"/><category term="Cortiça"/><category term="Informação"/><category term="Organic Farming"/><category term="Organic Wines"/><category term="Photography"/><title type='text'>Coisas dos Vinhos</title><subtitle type='html'>Opinião, Informação e Links</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false'/><author><name>Daniel Gonçalves Maia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13183580668408167795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>157</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389200974424550497.post-2599865533019925897</id><published>2012-07-28T18:07:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-07-28T18:07:00.976+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Provas de Vinhos"/><title type='text'>Quanta Terra Grande Reserva Branco 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;Cor amarelo palha (ligeiramente dourada), correcta, a deixar em aberto as expectativas que, no nariz, não se confirmam: é um vinho apagado (com pouca expressão aromática): apenas aromas citrinos e um certo aroma de frutos tropicais (leia-se “ananás” por não se notar distintamente nenhum outro); algum aroma floral, indistinto, que só se nota com bastante esforço, provavelmente, primário mas, a julgar pelas castas, que talvez resulte do processo de fermentação (expressão aromática varietal por acção de leveduras, eventualmente, alguma estirpe de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;S. cerevisiae&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt; “escolhida” para o efeito); é ainda notório um aroma secundário a tender para o &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;cliché&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt; (levedura pura e dura; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;battonage&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;?).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;Na boca, um quase equilíbrio, mais por imposição (leia-se “correcção”) que por virtude, i.e., distingue-se um ataque doce (um pouco desproporcionado) da acidez que vem… depois… e não vem sozinha, traz um ligeiro amargo (da madeira?) e um “sabor” ligeiramente metálico; da madeira sente-se (intermitentemente e com esforço) um certo caramelizado.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Final de boca “tipo” vinho espumante sem CO2 (aroma secundário via retronasal), muito fátuo… “Gordo” (sim, untuoso!) mas sem qualquer consistência, digamos, “flácido” (“bluff”, como alguém diria em &lt;i&gt;Mondovino&lt;/i&gt;, mas noutro contexto)… ou seja, sem persistência.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Um Grande Reserva&lt;/b&gt;… &lt;b&gt;pequeno&lt;/b&gt;, que não me convenceu nem cativou. Em meu entender, &lt;b&gt;muito caro&lt;/b&gt;(&lt;b&gt;depois de aberto, não antes!&lt;/b&gt;). Sem complexidade e sem característica varietal (aqui, talvez as castas não ajudem…).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Daniel Gonçalves Maia&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nUws9YLugrA/UBQA-fA63TI/AAAAAAAAAzo/ORiMO629ot4/s1600/Quanta+Terra+Grande+Reserva+Branco+2009.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;282&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nUws9YLugrA/UBQA-fA63TI/AAAAAAAAAzo/ORiMO629ot4/s400/Quanta+Terra+Grande+Reserva+Branco+2009.png&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/feeds/2599865533019925897/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6389200974424550497&amp;postID=2599865533019925897&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/2599865533019925897'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/2599865533019925897'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2012/07/quanta-terra-grande-reserva-branco-2009.html' title='Quanta Terra Grande Reserva Branco 2009'/><author><name>Daniel Gonçalves Maia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13183580668408167795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nUws9YLugrA/UBQA-fA63TI/AAAAAAAAAzo/ORiMO629ot4/s72-c/Quanta+Terra+Grande+Reserva+Branco+2009.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389200974424550497.post-8269677940958126038</id><published>2012-07-23T02:15:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-07-23T02:15:32.250+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Provas de Vinhos"/><title type='text'>(Sr. Vinho) Quinta da Gaivosa 2003</title><content type='html'>É um vinho com 9 anos, com grande intensidade cromática e tonalidade ainda muito nos vermelhos, com poucos indícios da idade que tem. &lt;br /&gt;O aroma é limpo e complexo, com a madeira muito bem integrada com frutos vermelhos, muito maduros: morangos, amoras… &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Com o passar do tempo, no copo, ainda se revelam notas de resina e frutos secos, numa elegância fora do comum. Está ainda muito fresco sendo ao mesmo tempo complexo e abrangendo uma vasta paleta de aromas. Na boca, a madeira está presente com taninos nobres, bem integrada no conjunto com os frutos vermelhos, alguns já em passa, outros bem maduros… há ainda uma percepção de caramelo e mel, tudo proporcionando um &lt;strong&gt;vinho complexo e equilibrado&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;com um fim de boca persistente a fruta madura&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;É um &lt;strong&gt;vinho intenso e elegante no aroma e no paladar&lt;/strong&gt;, a evolução até à data é fantástica mas ainda pode ser guardado para desfrutar mais tarde. &lt;strong&gt;Bravo&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RtuePUCHnrc/UAyfbZcRjOI/AAAAAAAAAzU/dw8fvjzlez0/s1600/Quinta+da+Gaivosa+2003.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; hda=&quot;true&quot; height=&quot;178&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RtuePUCHnrc/UAyfbZcRjOI/AAAAAAAAAzU/dw8fvjzlez0/s400/Quinta+da+Gaivosa+2003.png&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Paula Santos &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: white;&quot;&gt;X2XNC9QFB9CM&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/feeds/8269677940958126038/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6389200974424550497&amp;postID=8269677940958126038&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/8269677940958126038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/8269677940958126038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2012/07/sr-vinho-quinta-da-gaivosa-2003.html' title='(Sr. Vinho) Quinta da Gaivosa 2003'/><author><name>Daniel Gonçalves Maia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13183580668408167795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RtuePUCHnrc/UAyfbZcRjOI/AAAAAAAAAzU/dw8fvjzlez0/s72-c/Quinta+da+Gaivosa+2003.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389200974424550497.post-417647224202390742</id><published>2012-07-14T02:16:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-07-16T01:32:19.433+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Provas de Vinhos"/><title type='text'>Quinta do Pôpa Vinhas Velhas 2007</title><content type='html'>VV Pôpa 2007 produzido a partir de Vinhas Velhas de idade superior a 60 anos, à partida uma boa companhia para jantar.&lt;br /&gt;A intensidade da cor e a tonalidade rubi prometem um vinho com bastante estrutura e ainda pouco evoluído.&lt;br /&gt;O aroma a carvalho francês está bem presente, pouco integrado com os frutos vermelhos, morangos, cerejas, ameixas, alguma compota, alguma complexidade aromática com a &lt;strong&gt;madeira ainda muito sobreposta&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dE8MJOOpf5Y/UADC1nfsreI/AAAAAAAAAzI/k05r-aGBqYU/s1600/P%C3%B4pa+VV+2007.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img $ca=&quot;true&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dE8MJOOpf5Y/UADC1nfsreI/AAAAAAAAAzI/k05r-aGBqYU/s400/P%C3%B4pa+VV+2007.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Este vinho tem muito caminho a percorrer na garrafa para que a madeira se integre e para que os aromas se completem e complementem de forma harmoniosa. Neste momento são &lt;strong&gt;pedaços desintegrados no tempo, de aduelas e frutos vermelhos, já maduros, deixados ali, à espera do equilíbrio futuro&lt;/strong&gt; para ser bem desfrutado.&lt;br /&gt;Na boca é nesta altura igualmente pouco equilibrado, sendo o primeiro ataque doce e quente pelo teor alcoólico, seguem-se os frutos vermelhos, a adstringência da madeira ainda nova e um fim de boca persistente a fruta, e o amargo a carvalho.&lt;br /&gt;Promete evolução, a juventude é visível, apesar do aparecimento de frutos maduros é notável a frescura que ainda lhe assiste, o corpo, a estrutura e algum amargo, devemos esperar porque este vinho de 2007 ainda terá muito para mostrar. Diria que para amargo basta o custo… do tempo… mas são Coisas dos Vinhos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sophie Oliveira&lt;/strong&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/feeds/417647224202390742/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6389200974424550497&amp;postID=417647224202390742&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/417647224202390742'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/417647224202390742'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2012/07/quinta-do-popa-vinhas-velhas-2007.html' title='Quinta do Pôpa Vinhas Velhas 2007'/><author><name>Daniel Gonçalves Maia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13183580668408167795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dE8MJOOpf5Y/UADC1nfsreI/AAAAAAAAAzI/k05r-aGBqYU/s72-c/P%C3%B4pa+VV+2007.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389200974424550497.post-6456713099115014117</id><published>2012-07-06T02:57:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-07-16T01:15:01.997+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Provas de Vinhos"/><title type='text'>Ossian, um vinho perfeito, ou quase…</title><content type='html'>Ossian foi o vinho convidado para o jantar de Maio de 2011, as expectativas são altas, vinha histórica, bem localizada, produção ecológica? Biológica? Da casta &lt;em&gt;Verdejo&lt;/em&gt;, um vinho conceituado em todo o mundo que talvez não precise de muitas apresentações. Depois de alguma espera até a temperatura ser ideal, chegou o momento da prova (não me lembro do aspecto, também havia pouca luz… :P). Ossian tem uma complexidade que o distingue e favorece, com um grande espectro aromático, salientam-se aromas da casta, aromas adquiridos na fermentação e aromas terciários, um vinho que pede uma apreciação cuidada, para que se possa revelar cada um dos aromas que o constitui. Fresco, mineral, frutos evidentes, notas de ananás, melão, carvalho francês ainda demasiado presente, pedindo tempo para que a madeira possa desvanecer um pouco. Um vinho de forte carácter, sério e consistente. Na boca não defrauda expectativas, boa acidez a compensar o teor alcoólico, seco, não sendo tão seco e tão duro como algumas notas de prova que já tinha visto relativamente ao Ossian 2006. Neste &lt;strong&gt;Ossian 2008&lt;/strong&gt; é a madeira que o torna seco, havendo ainda uma sensação de doce, que é mais evidente se a temperatura do vinho subir no copo. A fruta ainda pouco integrada com a madeira permanecem no final de boca, longo a ananás e carvalho francês, prometendo melhores anos em garrafa. Um vinho apetecível para provar e apreciar a complexidade que é capaz de demonstrar. Vinhos como o Ossian exigem ser desfrutados, permitem muita conversa acerca do próprio, trocas de ideias e impressões. Ao fim de algum tempo, mesmo antes de o jantar terminar, o Ossian voltou a surpreender, deu mais um ar da sua graça: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b7mhf0n7WJc/T_ZDFc36gzI/AAAAAAAAAy8/Gi_2H7w7Ekg/s1600/burntmatch.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b7mhf0n7WJc/T_ZDFc36gzI/AAAAAAAAAy8/Gi_2H7w7Ekg/s640/burntmatch.jpg&quot; width=&quot;286&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;… &lt;strong&gt;todos os aromas desapareceram&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;perderam-se e deram lugar apenas a um forte e inequívoco aroma de fósforo queimado&lt;/strong&gt;. O vinho perdeu a vida, o aroma perdeu-se por completo, era inesperado e impensável, agitávamos os copos, mas nada o fez voltar. No paladar, reflectiu-se exactamente o mesmo fósforo queimado. Um vinho tão completo e abrangente que proporcionou a sua despedida de forma tão invulgar. Há realmente vinhos que fazem a ocasião, impressionam, permanecem na memória, contam histórias… Coisas dos Vinhos. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sophie Oliveira &lt;/strong&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/feeds/6456713099115014117/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6389200974424550497&amp;postID=6456713099115014117&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/6456713099115014117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/6456713099115014117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2012/07/ossian-um-vinho-perfeito-ou-quase.html' title='Ossian, um vinho perfeito, ou quase…'/><author><name>Daniel Gonçalves Maia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13183580668408167795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b7mhf0n7WJc/T_ZDFc36gzI/AAAAAAAAAy8/Gi_2H7w7Ekg/s72-c/burntmatch.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389200974424550497.post-1212622410598473675</id><published>2010-06-06T17:57:00.016+01:00</published><updated>2012-07-16T01:25:52.031+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Editorial"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Enólogo"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Estatuto do Profissional de Enologia"/><title type='text'>Estatuto do Profissional de Enologia</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Caro leitor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Em jeito de editorial, assumidamente maçador mas &lt;strong&gt;sem pretensões sindicalistas&lt;/strong&gt;, cessa hoje o luto do Coisas dos Vinhos (qual viúva alegre – sabe Deus! – o blogue cantarola agora musiquinhas de intervenção, ao ritmo espartano da contenção; à desgarrada com o rufar da crise!):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;O Estatuto do Profissional de Enologia (EPE) é hoje um vazio legal&lt;/strong&gt; que (des)espera (im)pacientemente por um legislador “iluminado” (ou um bode expiatório) que ponha termo (ou permita que Alguém ponha termo) a esta… &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp0Fu3c22Cw&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;palhaçada&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (fonte de inspiração: Maria José Nogueira Pinto).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Se, até à Lei n.º 59/2009 de 5 de Agosto havia Enólogos em Portugal (os licenciados em Enologia), depois desta, seria (in)competência de uma “Comissão” &lt;em&gt;conceder&lt;/em&gt; este estatuto (&lt;a href=&quot;http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/08/um-mau-estatuto-e-ou-um-mau-estatuto.html&quot;&gt;profissional?&lt;/a&gt;)… a quem entendesse&lt;/strong&gt; – qual papel A4 (reciclado!) convenientemente estampado (com umas parrinhas e uns pipinhos) e, de preferência, já emoldurado (para dar um “ar sério” à coisa), carimbado e assinado por um bando de in(censurado); em suma, uma versão dionisíaca de um Diploma de RVCC – &lt;strong&gt;porém, a dita (leia-se, comissão &lt;em&gt;ad hoc&lt;/em&gt;) não foi criada até 5 de Novembro de 2009!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Caros Colegas licenciados em Enologia&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Perante o actual vazio legal, seremos obrigados (nós, Enólogos) a duvidar da nossa existência?!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;À alternativa de nos comprimirmos até colapsarmos sobre nós mesmos numa espécie de &lt;em&gt;Big Crunch&lt;/em&gt; politicamente conveniente (o que além de me parecer pouco saudável não deve ser nada bom para a digestão), &lt;strong&gt;creio ser forçoso negarmos a não existência&lt;/strong&gt; (premissa consistente com uma dor nas “cruzes” que não me larga desde que começou este &lt;em&gt;episódio&lt;/em&gt;) &lt;strong&gt;e…&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A parte séria&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...lutarmos juntos!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Convenientemente, a Lei n.º 59/2009 de 5 de Agosto foi publicada em Diário da República quando toda a gente estava de “papo para o ar” a apanhar sol ou a dar uns mergulhos (não tenho a certeza, mas estou em crer que no Verão a &lt;em&gt;Caras&lt;/em&gt; tem mais saída que o Diário da República…).&lt;br /&gt;Neste cenário pouco animador levei a cabo uma série de iniciativas com vista a acabar com a &lt;em&gt;palhaçada&lt;/em&gt; (ou, pelo menos, fazer barulho, o que me parecia fundamental).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;O barulho (por ordem cronológica)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alertar os colegas&lt;/strong&gt; – contactei alguns colegas por email, na esperança de que o reencaminhassem; a minha lista de contactos de email de colegas era pequena na altura (hoje, tenho pelo menos 100 contactos e todos receberão esta publicação);&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Campanha publicitária Google&lt;/strong&gt; – decorreu de 15 de Agosto a 14 de Setembro de 2009, a nível nacional; a mensagem, em &lt;em&gt;banners flash&lt;/em&gt; de todos os formatos e tamanhos permitidos, era conforme abaixo (exemplo do &lt;em&gt;banner&lt;/em&gt; em formato 468x60), e tinha um link para &lt;a href=&quot;http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/08/um-mau-estatuto-e-ou-um-mau-estatuto.html&quot;&gt;este artigo&lt;/a&gt; do blogue;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed style=&quot;WIDTH: 429px; HEIGHT: 55px&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash swf&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/5/1323866//468_60_CdV_EdPdE.swf&quot; quality=&quot;best&quot; bgcolor=&quot;#f7f0e9&quot; scale=&quot;Scale&quot; salign=&quot;TL&quot; flashvars=&quot;playerMode=embedded&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alertar os &lt;em&gt;media&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; – contactei o Jornal Expresso, o Jornal de Notícias e o Público (redacção e directores) por e-mail e por telefone – a disponibilidade manifestada pelas redacções foi praticamente nula; o interesse pelo assunto, também. O &lt;em&gt;feedback&lt;/em&gt; das direcções foi nulo (contudo, os e-mail seguiram do meu servidor…);&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alertar a UTAD&lt;/strong&gt; – contactei a Coordenação do 1.º Ciclo do Curso de Enologia, por e-mail, por telefone e pessoalmente – a Coordenadora não tinha, sequer, conhecimento de um EPE; na transmissão da “pasta” da Coordenação, que à data, era recente, ninguém havia mencionado este assunto (por desconhecimento?); a Coordenação tomou a seu cargo uma série de iniciativas, algumas das quais não me pareceram as mais adequadas. Não obstante, durante algum tempo mantive-me interessado e fui tendo &lt;em&gt;feedback&lt;/em&gt; dessas iniciativas, mas o assunto esmoreceu e, até hoje, tudo ficou como estava; tanto quanto me foi dado a conhecer no passado dia 15 de Maio, a Coordenação continua a aguardar desenvolvimentos (“aguardar” é um verbo demasiado passivo para o que está em causa);&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Continuei a cruzada (sem aspas) e, numa derradeira tentativa de parar os infiéis (leia-se, esta coisa má, mal feita e sem ponta por onde se lhe pegue, que é o actual EPE e que nos devia tirar o sono a todos), passei à fase seguinte:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Inquirir os GP da AR&lt;/strong&gt; – inquiri todos os grupos parlamentares sobre um possível engano na publicação do DR (a questão do “e” e do “ou”), embora isso fosse o mínimo em termos de correcções ao EPE; Não tive qualquer &lt;em&gt;feedback&lt;/em&gt;. Nem um recibo de leitura, nem um “Acusamos a recepção do e-mail de V. Exa., etc.”, daqueles automáticos. Nada!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alertar a Presidência da República Portuguesa&lt;/strong&gt; – contactei Sua Exa. o Senhor Presidente da República; a resposta veio pelo Assessor para os Assuntos Sociais e reencaminhava o imbróglio para Sua Exa. o Senhor Primeiro-ministro:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/TAxTpSYqO0I/AAAAAAAAAw0/EQ6BrqWH5Mg/s1600/of7727.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 283px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479846815378062146&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/TAxTpSYqO0I/AAAAAAAAAw0/EQ6BrqWH5Mg/s400/of7727.JPG&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recebi esta resposta ambígua do Gabinete de Sua Exa. o Senhor Primeiro-ministro:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/TAxT3wwAIDI/AAAAAAAAAw8/db7za9LNMOk/s1600/scanner_643039_1.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 243px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479847064047198258&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/TAxT3wwAIDI/AAAAAAAAAw8/db7za9LNMOk/s400/scanner_643039_1.JPG&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alertar os Presidentes dos Partidos Políticos que entendi merecerem, neste assunto, o benefício da dúvida (CDS-PP e BE)*&lt;/strong&gt; – o tempo foi passando e já estávamos em 2010; só tive resposta do CDS-PP, conforme abaixo:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/TAxWVYGwFmI/AAAAAAAAAxE/GajbC_kMsGQ/s1600/CDSPP.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 310px; CURSOR: hand&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479849771851060834&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/TAxWVYGwFmI/AAAAAAAAAxE/GajbC_kMsGQ/s400/CDSPP.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A propósito&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A propósito da resposta do CDS-PP: Agradeço a resposta e, antecipadamente, a intenção que, espero, passe em breve a ser mais do que isso; contudo, porque carga de água (ou de vinho, já agora) é que aprovaram esta Lei na generalidade? Estavam… distraídos?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;O repto&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Caros Colegas licenciados em Enologia,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sozinho, não consigo fazer muito mais do que isto (&lt;em&gt;vs&lt;/em&gt;). Se ainda não leram, leiam &lt;a href=&quot;http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/08/um-mau-estatuto-e-ou-um-mau-estatuto.html&quot;&gt;o que está em causa&lt;/a&gt; e compreendam o que isso significa. Dêem-me a vossa opinião sobre o assunto e, se o entenderem (e espero que assim o entendam) o vosso apoio. Não vou cruzar os braços mas, sozinho, só posso falar por mim.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;* “2.3 Da intervenção do CDS-PP e da do BE só posso constatar que foi cuidadosa, no entanto, para nenhum destes 4 partidos me posso pronunciar quanto à discussão desta Lei na especialidade, porque a ela não tenho acesso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Agora, que li todas estas matérias (as disponíveis), creio que, pelo menos o PS e o PSD não leram o Parecer da Comissão de Trabalho, Segurança Social e Administração Pública e nota técnica elaborada pelos serviços de apoio, enviado ao Presidente da Assembleia da República. Ou, se leram, ignoraram-no. Acrescento, contudo, que não passei qualquer procuração à Associação Portuguesa de Enologia e que, como eu, há, com certeza, &quot;muita gente&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Agora, que li todas estas matérias, interrogo-me sobre a confusão generalizada dos deputados da AR sobre diversas Coisas dos Vinhos, incluindo a diferença entre um Enólogo e um Winemaker…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Adianto ao leitor que não&quot;nutro&quot; qualquer simpatia por qualquer um dos partidos políticos com assento na assembleia da república (ou sem assento) e que, se excluí deste artigo o PCP, deve-se, unicamente, ao facto de, em rigor, não vislumbrar objectividade ou interesse por parte deste partido em discutir, à data, este assunto.)” &lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/feeds/1212622410598473675/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6389200974424550497&amp;postID=1212622410598473675&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/1212622410598473675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/1212622410598473675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2010/06/estatuto-do-profissional-de-enologia.html' title='Estatuto do Profissional de Enologia'/><author><name>Daniel Gonçalves Maia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13183580668408167795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/TAxTpSYqO0I/AAAAAAAAAw0/EQ6BrqWH5Mg/s72-c/of7727.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389200974424550497.post-7044051706855283038</id><published>2009-09-14T23:25:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2012-07-16T01:26:45.178+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Enólogo"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Estatuto do Profissional de Enologia"/><title type='text'>Um Péssimo Estatuto do Profissional de Enologia ou...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;…Ao Excelentíssimo Senhor Deputado Jorge Almeida, que tem um Estatuto Profissional a sério e uma Ordem (dos Médicos) de que se pode orgulhar, desde 1938.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;Ao Excelentíssimo Senhor Deputado Jorge Almeida&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Como o Senhor Deputado Jorge Almeida não publicou o meu comentário, nem se dignou pronunciar-se sobre ele, publico-o eu aqui, aproveitando o ensejo para lhe colocar duas questões e deixar-lhe uma sugestão:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 - &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Como se sentiria, Senhor Deputado (sei lá, às tantas até já aconteceu alguma Coisa do género), se um deputado (ou, suponhamos, um Presidente da República) confundisse, digamos, o Acto Médico com os cuidados praticados por outros Profissionais de Saúde (e repare: &quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;P-r-o-f-i-s-s-i-o-n-a-i-s d-e S-a-ú-d-e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&quot;, i.e., &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Licenciados&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pois é… pois é…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 - &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;E já pensou, Senhor Deputado, no que aconteceria à Classe Médica se alguém na AR decidisse &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;homenagear&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt; os profissionais das medicinas alternativas? É que, no fundo, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;apesar de não possuírem percurso académico superior&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt; (Licenciatura em Medicina), também eles têm dado a sua contribuição para o progresso da Medicina, actuando em nome da saúde e do bem-estar geral da população, e têm sido &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;capazes de fazer um notável caminho de experimentação&lt;/span&gt;…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pois é… pois é…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Às tantas, Senhor Deputado, em matérias de &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Enologia&lt;/span&gt;, era melhor o Senhor ficar-se pela prova hedónica e deixar os outros assuntos &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;para os&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Profissionais&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ah! E, antes que esqueça, agradeço, antecipadamente, o seu comentário.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;Os factos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Na &lt;a href=&quot;http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/08/um-mau-estatuto-e-ou-um-mau-estatuto.html&quot;&gt;publicação anterior&lt;/a&gt; sobre o Estatuto do Profissional de Enologia, escrevi, entre outras Coisas dos Vinhos&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 - &quot;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Estatuto do Profissional de Enologia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;O Projecto de Lei 637/X,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;de 9 de Janeiro de 2008&lt;/span&gt;, da autoria de deputados do Partido Socialista (Jorge Almeida, Rui Vieira, Miguel Ginestal, Jorge Fão, Lúcio Ferreira, Manuel José Rodrigues, Agostinho Gonçalves, Alberto Antunes, Carlos Lage, Vítor Pereira, Ventura Leite, Fernando Cabral, Joaquim Couto, Paulo Barradas, Nuno Antão, Rosa Maria Albernaz e Manuel Mota) &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;não obstante transmitir alguma sensação de causa conduzida sem o cuidado necessário, tem o mérito da iniciativa em si e da celeridade em dar resposta a uma pretensão há muito reivindicada por uma classe profissional&lt;/span&gt;.&quot;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 - &quot;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;Outros considerandos &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;ou&lt;/span&gt; Da apreciação deste Projecto de Lei na generalidade&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;. Ou o Projecto de Lei ao qual os cidadãos têm acesso é diferente daquele que os deputados (PS e PSD) discutiram ou não se entende porque parecem ter discutido a Lei (o &quot;ou&quot;) e não o Projecto de Lei (o &quot;e&quot;);&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Curiosamente, o Senhor Deputado Jorge Almeida, num artigo publicado pelo &lt;a href=&quot;http://tribunadouro.com/opiniao/artigo/id/25&quot;&gt;Tribuna Douro&lt;/a&gt; (faço questão de colocar o &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;link&lt;/span&gt; apenas para o artigo para não contaminar este &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;site&lt;/span&gt; com o meu mau &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Pagerank&lt;/span&gt;), escreveu, entre outras Coisas&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;(…) &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;É essa a Lei que será aprovada em meados deste mês na Assembleia da República, e que tive o privilégio de elaborar e propor ao Parlamento&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Avançar com este processo legislativo, é&lt;/span&gt; não só valorizar a fileira vitivinícola e um dos seus mais importantes grupos profissionais, mas também &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;homenagear todos aqueles que, apesar de não possuírem percurso académico superior, construíram uma imagem muito distinta dos vinhos portugueses, e foram capazes de fazer um notável caminho de experimentação que deu lugar a vinhos de topo a nível mundial&lt;/span&gt;. (…)&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;As conclusões&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 - &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Afinal, as intenções da iniciativa eram demasiado más para que reste qualquer mérito à iniciativa&lt;/span&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 - &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Afinal, os deputados&lt;/span&gt; (PS e PSD) &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;discutiram mesmo a Lei&lt;/span&gt; (o &quot;ou&quot;) &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;e não o Projecto de Lei&lt;/span&gt; (o &quot;e&quot;), &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;o que é incompreensível&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3 - &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Afinal, a ideia&lt;/span&gt; (mal disfarçada desde o início) &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;era mesmo &lt;a href=&quot;http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/08/um-mau-estatuto-e-ou-um-mau-estatuto.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;catalogar &quot;alguéns&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, não tendo, aparentemente, qualquer relação com uma preocupação genuína por uma Classe Profissional ou com a criação de um Estatuto Profissional, o que é mau! &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Demasiado mau!&lt;/span&gt; Assim como é demasiado mau disfarçar esta intenção num Projecto de Lei de forma tão insidiosa: a metamorfose de um &quot;e&quot; para um &quot;ou&quot; aquando da publicação da Lei, do género: &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:85%;&quot; &gt;pode ser que ninguém repare&lt;/span&gt;… – aparentemente, nem Sua Excelência o Senhor Presidente da República deu por isso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;É demasiado mau comprometer uma Classe Profissional para &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;homenagear&lt;/span&gt; quem quer que seja&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Lamento, profundamente, tudo isto; das más intenções ao mau estatuto ou, caso me convençam que não houve nunca nenhuma má intenção e que tudo não passou de um erro (à força de pancada ou da ameaça de processo judicial), lamento-o profundamente&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;O humor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No passado dia 5, ao ler o artigo acima referido, no &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Tribuna Douro&lt;/span&gt; (sem &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;link&lt;/span&gt;, para não contaminar), decidi fazer o seguinte comentário, não associando o nome do autor ao nome do Senhor Deputado – Jorge Almeida – provavelmente, se tivesse lido a parte &quot;(…) e que tive o privilégio de elaborar e propor ao Parlamento.&quot; era capaz de ainda ser pior mas, confesso, uma vez pressentida a palavra &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;homenagear&lt;/span&gt;, o meu campo visual afunilou-se de tal maneira que o meu cérebro deixou de processar estímulos visuais periféricos:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Exmo. Senhor&lt;br /&gt;Jorge Almeida,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lamentavelmente, o Estatuto do Profissional de Enologia é um mau estatuto, para dizer o mínimo. A Lei n.º 59/2009 de 5 de Agosto, recentemente aprovada, não ficou igual ao Projecto de Lei n.º 637/X, de 9 de Janeiro de 2008, e a diferença, que pode parecer quase um erro de impressão no Diário da República (1.ª série, n.º 150 de 5 de Agosto de 2009), é enorme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Após a leitura deste artigo, não posso, contudo, ficar indiferente ao facto de V. Exa. entender um estatuo profissional como uma forma de homenagear alguém, o que, de todo, repudio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recomendo, portanto, a leitura do artigo &quot;Um mau estatuto &quot;e&quot; &quot;ou&quot; Um mau estatuto&quot; no meu Blogue, Coisas dos Vinhos (http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com), para a compreensão das implicações desta Lei onde, entre outras Coisas, fica patente que a Enologia é uma ciência e que:&lt;br /&gt;&quot;1. Em Portugal, a partir do dia 5 de Agosto de 2009, qualquer indivíduo tem direito ao título profissional &quot;Enólogo&quot;.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agradeço, portanto, a leitura e a divulgação.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Com os melhores cumprimentos,&lt;br /&gt;Daniel Gonçalves Maia&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Agradeço, portanto, a leitura e a divulgação.&lt;/span&gt; – &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Pior sentido de oportunidade era impossível&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;Ao Excelentíssimo Senhor Deputado Jorge Almeida&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Como o Senhor Deputado Jorge Almeida não publicou o meu comentário, nem se dignou pronunciar-se sobre ele, publico-o eu aqui, aproveitando o ensejo para lhe colocar duas questões e deixar-lhe uma sugestão:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 - &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Como se sentiria, Senhor Deputado (sei lá, às tantas até já aconteceu alguma Coisa do género), se um deputado (ou, suponhamos, um Presidente da República) confundisse, digamos, o Acto Médico com os cuidados praticados por outros Profissionais de Saúde (e repare: &quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;P-r-o-f-i-s-s-i-o-n-a-i-s d-e S-a-ú-d-e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&quot;, i.e., &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Licenciados&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pois é… pois é…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 - &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;E já pensou, Senhor Deputado, no que aconteceria à Classe Médica se alguém na AR decidisse &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;homenagear&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt; os profissionais das medicinas alternativas? É que, no fundo, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;apesar de não possuírem percurso académico superior&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt; (Licenciatura em Medicina), também eles têm dado a sua contribuição para o progresso da Medicina, actuando em nome da saúde e do bem-estar geral da população, e têm sido &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;capazes de fazer um notável caminho de experimentação&lt;/span&gt;…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pois é… pois é…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Às tantas, Senhor Deputado, em matérias de &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Enologia&lt;/span&gt;, era melhor o Senhor ficar-se pela prova hedónica e deixar os outros assuntos &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;para os&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Profissionais&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ah! 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Este Estatuto Profissional (tão bem intencionado na Proposta de Lei) transformou-se numa vergonha para a Classe! O Bacharelato em Enologia existe há 30 anos na Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, a licenciatura, há 20! Há muitos colegas licenciados e já há vários mestres e doutorados em Enologia em Portugal.&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt; A palavra Enólogo tem um peso institucional! Venha quem vier!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Ser-se Enólogo pelo método das medalhas, ou da litragem, é ultrajante e um desprestígio para a Classe!&lt;/span&gt; Se era necessário catalogar &quot;alguéns&quot;, em Portugal aprecia-se muito o estrangeirismo: ao &quot;desprestígio&quot; das palavras &quot;fazedor de vinho&quot;, chame-se-lhes &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Winemaker&lt;/span&gt;, porque, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Enólogo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;é mais que isso!&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A primeira publicação deste blogue data de 28 de Junho de 2007 e visava, no fundo, chamar a atenção para o uso abusivo da &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;denominação enólogo&lt;/span&gt;; algo que se passava neste país desde há longa data e que, então, parecia adensar-se e não ter fim à vista, afectando todos os colegas licenciados em Enologia. Digo &quot;no fundo&quot; porque também me pareceu interessante disponibilizar esta informação a todos os leitores:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;“Os enólogos são os técnicos responsáveis pelos trabalhos relacionados com a produção, tratamento e conservação do vinho e de outros produtos derivados das uvas. (...) &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Apenas a licenciatura em Enologia confere a denominação de enólogo e a especialização adequada ao exercício das correspondentes funções.&lt;/span&gt; (...) Na administração pública, os enólogos estão integrados na carreira de técnico superior ou de investigador. (...)”. É?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dgct.msst.gov.pt/profissoes2005/enologo.htm&quot;&gt;http://www.dgct.msst.gov.pt/profissoes2005/enologo.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Desde sempre defendi a criação (regulamentação) de um estatuto profissional para o Enólogo; e nunca estive só nem tão pouco fui dos primeiros a defendê-lo. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Mas, o que é um estatuto profissional?&lt;/span&gt; Bem, pegando, apenas, nas palavras dos autores do &lt;a href=&quot;http://app.parlamento.pt/DARPages/DAR_FS.aspx?Tipo=DAR+II+s%C3%A9rie+A&amp;amp;tp=A&amp;amp;Numero=53&amp;amp;Legislatura=X&amp;amp;SessaoLegislativa=4&amp;amp;Data=2009-01-15&amp;amp;Paginas=5-8&amp;amp;PagIni=0&amp;amp;PagFim=0&amp;amp;Observacoes=&amp;amp;Suplemento=.&amp;amp;PagActual=0&amp;amp;PagGrupoActual=0&amp;amp;TipoLink=1&quot;&gt;Projecto de Lei n.º 637/X, de 9 de Janeiro de 2008&lt;/a&gt;, que no dia 5 deste mês de Agosto se fez Lei (&lt;a href=&quot;http://app.parlamento.pt/webutils/docs/doc.pdf?path=6148523063446f764c3246795a5868774d546f334e7a67774c325276593342734c58526c6548524263484a76646938794d4441354c3078664e546c664d6a41774f5335775a47593d&amp;amp;fich=L_59_2009.pdf&amp;amp;Inline=true&quot;&gt;Lei n.º 59/2009 de 5 de Agosto&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;Definições&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. &quot;Já há vários anos que a Universidade Portuguesa e diversas outras instituições de ensino, dão formação enológica, em diversos níveis académicos. Apesar do histórico de duas décadas de formação superior em enologia, apesar dos relevantes serviços que os enólogos têm prestado à fileira, sobretudo na significativa elevação da qualidade média dos vinhos portugueses e na qualificação de excelência de alguns deles, a verdade é que estes profissionais ainda não estão providos do respectivo &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Estatuto Profissional&lt;/span&gt;, de &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;um estatuto legal que regule a&lt;/span&gt; sua &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;actividade e &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;defina a formação necessária à obtenção dos diversos níveis profissionais&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Um Enólogo tem que ter uma formação académica de nível superior&lt;/span&gt;, nomeadamente, ao nível da microbiologia, da química, das ciências agrárias e da análise sensorial.&lt;br /&gt;Entendamos uma coisa: &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;um Enólogo não é &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;só &lt;/span&gt;um &quot;fazedor de vinho&quot;&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;O Enólogo&lt;/span&gt;, da mesma forma que o Médico, o Biólogo e outros, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;é o profissional por detrás de uma ciência, a Enologia&lt;/span&gt;, e, portanto, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;tem de ter um conhecimento científico e técnico formal nas áreas que a estruturam&lt;/span&gt;. Um Enólogo tem de ser um indivíduo com conhecimentos científicos e técnicos em áreas tão amplas como a química (a bioquímica, a química orgânica e a química analítica) e a física; a microbiologia; a ampelologia; a fisiologia vegetal e a genética; a climatologia, a geologia e a fertilidade dos solos; a estatística e a análise sensorial; a vinificação; a estabilização e a conservação de vinhos e derivados. Um Enólogo pode assumir funções na área laboratorial, na área da qualidade, na área da segurança alimentar, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;nos diversos ramos da produção&lt;/span&gt;, nas áreas da gestão e do &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;marketing&lt;/span&gt; de vinhos, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;na área da investigação e desenvolvimento&lt;/span&gt;, entre outras. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Caso contrário&lt;/span&gt;, a Classe dos Enólogos corre o risco de ter &quot;profissionais&quot; que não sabem sequer o que é uma levedura ou quais os mecanismos bioquímicos da fermentação alcoólica; de ter enólogos que não sabem fazer, sequer, uma análise físico-química de rotina a um vinho ou, tão pouco, estão familiarizados com o trabalho e com os procedimentos laboratoriais; o que é uma videira e de que males padece; como se cuida de uma vinha ou como se instala; como projectar uma adega e que equipamentos instalar, etc. etc. etc.&lt;/span&gt; &quot;Profissionais&quot; que, por desconhecimento, não são capazes de criar soluções ou, tão pouco, detectar um problema (no campo, na adega, na cave, etc., etc., etc.). &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Enfim, &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;indivíduos que desprestigiarão a Classe; indivíduos que não contribuirão para o desenvolvimento da Enologia&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;Estatuto do Profissional de Enologia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;O Projecto de Lei 637/X, de 9 de Janeiro de 2008&lt;/span&gt;, da autoria de deputados do Partido Socialista (Jorge Almeida , Rui Vieira, Miguel Ginestal, Jorge Fão, Lúcio Ferreira, Manuel José Rodrigues, Agostinho Gonçalves, Alberto Antunes, Carlos Lage, Vítor Pereira, Ventura Leite, Fernando Cabral, Joaquim Couto, Paulo Barradas, Nuno Antão, Rosa Maria Albernaz e Manuel Mota) &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;não obstante transmitir alguma sensação de causa conduzida sem o cuidado necessário, tem o mérito da iniciativa em si e da celeridade em dar resposta a uma pretensão há muito reivindicada por uma classe profissional&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Acontece, porém, que a Lei&lt;/span&gt; n.º 59/2009 de 5 de Agosto &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;não ficou igual ao Projecto de Lei&lt;/span&gt; n.º 637/X, de 9 de Janeiro de 2008, &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;e a diferença&lt;/span&gt;, que pode parecer quase um erro de impressão no Diário da República (1.ª série, n.º 150 de 5 de Agosto de 2009), &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;é enorme&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Em Portugal, a partir do dia 5 de Agosto de 2009, qualquer indivíduo tem direito ao título profissional &quot;Enólogo&quot;&lt;/span&gt;. Para isso, é condição suficiente o parecer de uma comissão &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;ad hoc&lt;/span&gt; que decidirá, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;exclusivamente&lt;/span&gt;, em função de um currículo profissional (o que quer que esta palavra tenha passado a significar). Sabemos já qual é o ministério que nomeará esta comissão, mas não sabemos quem nomeará quem, nem quais os critérios a seguir, no entanto, colocar-se-ão duas situações:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a) &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Indivíduos com a 4.ª classe e parecer favorável da comissão serão Enólogos&lt;/span&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;b) &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Indivíduos Licenciados em Enologia, Mestres em Enologia ou Doutorados em Enologia, serão Enólogos, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;ou não&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;. A substituição de um simples &quot;e&quot; por um &quot;ou&quot;, na transição da proposta de lei para a lei, hipoteca, indefinidamente, a criação de uma Ordem (é condição essencial à criação de uma Ordem que todos os seus membros sejam licenciados);&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;. Até agora, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;apenas a licenciatura em Enologia&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;conferia&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;a denominação de Enólogo e a especialização adequada ao exercício das correspondentes funções&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;; a partir de agora, esta lei informa de que o currículo académico não é relevante para a elaboração de um Estatuto Profissional (para uma profissão cujo ciclo de estudos superiores de três anos, pré-Bolonha, data de poucos anos após a Revolução dos Cravos) e de que é uma comissão &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;ad hoc&lt;/span&gt;, constituída por 5 quaisquer indivíduos, que decide sobre se esta especialização é ou não é adequada ao exercício das correspondentes funções; mais informa de que:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a) &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Para assumir funções na área laboratorial, na área da qualidade, na área da segurança alimentar, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;nos diversos ramos da produção&lt;/span&gt;, nas áreas da gestão e do marketing de vinhos, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;na área da investigação e desenvolvimento&lt;/span&gt;, entre outras, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;nem a 4.ª classe é necessário possuir&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;. &quot;4 - O título profissional é constituído pela designação de enólogo, podendo ser precedido do grau académico ou profissional.&quot; – &quot;podendo&quot;, não! &quot;tendo de ser precedido do grau profissional&quot;, pois é claro!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;. Por último, informa esta lei de que os agora possuidores do título de &quot;Auxiliar de Enologia&quot; ou de &quot;Técnico de Enologia&quot;, caso pretendam evoluir (?) na carreira profissional, mais lhes vale apressarem-se a &quot;fazer vinho&quot; do que investirem mais na sua formação académica, sob pena de não apanharem o &quot;comboio da comissão &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;ad hoc&lt;/span&gt;&quot;, que durará (&quot;apenas!&quot;) 4 anos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;Considerações de carácter real&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Àqueles leitores que poderão pensar que nada disto é assim tão importante, peço-lhes que se coloquem na posição daqueles que sentem ou já sentiram na pele:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Uma remuneração completamente desajustada ao conhecimento que possuem, ao trabalho que efectuam e à responsabilidade que têm&lt;/span&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;A usurpação constante do seu título profissional por avençados que construíram uma reputação a &quot;fazer vinho&quot; no tempo em que a Enologia nacional era uma &quot;terra de cegos&quot;&lt;/span&gt;;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Perder a assinatura do trabalho e da responsabilidade anual, desenvolvido com &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;knowhow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt; e suor, para um &quot;fazedor de vinho voador&quot;&lt;/span&gt;, cuja contribuição para o desenvolvimento da Enologia nacional são &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;pontos Parker&lt;/span&gt; e informação recolhida para um laboratório de enologia estrangeiro de dimensão multinacional;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;. Por tudo isto (&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;v.s.&lt;/span&gt;), &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;sentir o mercado fechar-se aos profissionais que querem evoluir na carreira e reúnem condições para isso, porque se pode pagar o que se entender a um licenciado em Enologia e qualquer um pode ter o título de Enólogo, que é hoje indispensável ao &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;marketing&lt;/span&gt; das empresas do sector&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mas, não nos iludamos, na Enologia haverá sempre bons e maus profissionais, como em todas as profissões; mas, a todos estes propósitos, chego a um ponto que me parece essencial no Estatuto do Profissional de Enologia: &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;ser uma porta&lt;/span&gt; (neste caso, fechada a sete cadeados) &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;à criação de um código deontológico, de uma Ordem&lt;/span&gt;. Para quê? &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Para responsabilizar o profissional e para defender os seus interesses, defendendo os da sua Classe Profissional; para promover e debater; para fazer evoluir o &quot;estado da arte&quot;, promovendo o avanço científico e tecnológico, ligando, e ligando-se a, instituições, organismos, Estado, privados e todos os seus membros, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;com propriedade e uma voz&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Hoje, estes &quot;fazedores de vinho&quot; estão mais dependentes dos Enólogos, mas continuam a praticar a progressão de carreira da sua geração, i.e., o &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;lobbying&lt;/span&gt; dos almoços.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;Aos Caros Colegas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Seria legítimo reivindicar o Título Profissional de Enólogo para os licenciados em Enologia, no entanto, não o faço&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Parece-me que, a um licenciado na área das ciências agrárias (ou na área alimentar ou, até, noutras áreas científicas ou naturais enquadráveis na profissão), conquanto que possua uma especialização adequada, nunca inferior a dois anos, poderá ser atribuído o título de Enólogo; e que a Classe poderá contar com ele para desempenhar, adequadamente, o exercício das correspondentes funções&lt;/span&gt;; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;no entanto, não me compete a mim avaliá-lo e, com certeza, não competirá a uma qualquer comissão &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;ad hoc&lt;/span&gt;, composta de 5 indivíduos, &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;competirá a uma Ordem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;A responsabilidade inerente ao exercício de uma actividade profissional distingue, entre outros, um patamar de especialização e de competências e, com este, uma evolução de carreira e níveis remuneratórios, sendo óbvia a regulação da oferta e da procura de trabalho.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Qualquer actividade profissional exige técnicos qualificados e evoca um enquadramento legal dos seus profissionais nas empresas do seu sector&lt;/span&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Um Estatuto Profissional não se compraz com conveniências&lt;/span&gt;, nem a um 1 dia e muito menos a quatro anos; não se compraz com autodidactas ou com &quot;jeitosos&quot;, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;não se compraz com uma Lei incongruente&lt;/span&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;. Este Estatuto Profissional (tão bem intencionado na Proposta de Lei) transformou-se numa vergonha para a Classe! O Bacharelato em Enologia existe há 30 anos na Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, a licenciatura, há 20! Há muitos colegas licenciados e já há vários mestres e doutorados em Enologia em Portugal. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;A palavra Enólogo tem um peso institucional! Venha quem vier!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Ser-se Enólogo pelo método das medalhas, ou da litragem, é ultrajante e um desprestígio para a Classe!&lt;/span&gt; Se era necessário catalogar &quot;alguéns&quot;, em Portugal aprecia-se muito o estrangeirismo: ao &quot;desprestígio&quot; das palavras &quot;fazedor de vinho&quot;, chame-se-lhes &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Winemaker&lt;/span&gt;, porque, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Enólogo&lt;/span&gt; é mais que isso!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;6&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Se houve lapsos ou não, não sei, mas, independentemente da resposta a esta questão, urge rectificar esta lei. &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Farei tudo o que estiver ao meu alcance para que assim seja e faço um apelo a todos os colegas licenciados, mestres e doutorados em enologia para que se juntem à causa da nossa Classe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;Outros considerandos &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;ou&lt;/span&gt; Da apreciação deste Projecto de Lei na generalidade&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;. Ou o Projecto de Lei ao qual os cidadãos têm acesso é diferente daquele que os deputados (PS e PSD) discutiram ou não se entende porque parecem ter discutido a Lei (o &quot;ou&quot;) e não o Projecto de Lei (o &quot;e&quot;);&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;2.1&lt;/span&gt; Da intervenção do PS adivinhou-se logo alguma (&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;má&lt;/span&gt;) alteração à proposta de lei;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;2.2&lt;/span&gt; Da intervenção do PSD adivinhava-se um querer ser mais papista que o papa &quot;saltando casas&quot; muito importantes;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;2.3&lt;/span&gt; Da intervenção do CDS-PP e da do BE só posso constatar que foi cuidadosa, no entanto, para nenhum destes 4 partidos me posso pronunciar quanto à discussão desta Lei na especialidade, porque a ela não tenho acesso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Agora, que li todas estas matérias (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot; href=&quot;http://www.parlamento.pt/ActividadeParlamentar/Paginas/DetalheIniciativa.aspx?BID=34242&quot;&gt;as disponíveis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;), creio que, pelo menos o PS e o PSD não leram o &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot; href=&quot;http://app.parlamento.pt/DARPages/DAR_FS.aspx?Tipo=DAR+II+s%C3%A9rie+A&amp;amp;tp=A&amp;amp;Numero=82&amp;amp;Legislatura=X&amp;amp;SessaoLegislativa=4&amp;amp;Data=2009-03-12&amp;amp;Paginas=15-20&amp;amp;PagIni=0&amp;amp;PagFim=0&amp;amp;Observacoes=&amp;amp;Suplemento=.&amp;amp;PagActual=0&amp;amp;PagGrupoActual=0&amp;amp;TipoLink=1&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Parecer da Comissão de Trabalho, Segurança Social e Administração Pública e nota técnica elaborada pelos serviços de apoio&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;, enviado ao Presidente da Assembleia da República. Ou, se leram, ignoraram-no&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Acrescento, contudo, que não passei qualquer procuração à &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Associação Portuguesa de Enologia&lt;/span&gt; e que, como eu, há, com certeza, &quot;muita gente&quot;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Agora, que li todas estas matérias, interrogo-me sobre a confusão generalizada dos deputados da AR sobre diversas &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Coisas dos Vinhos&lt;/span&gt;, incluindo a diferença entre um Enólogo e um &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Winemaker&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Adianto ao leitor que não&quot;nutro&quot; qualquer simpatia por qualquer um dos partidos políticos com assento na assembleia da república (ou sem assento) e que, se excluí deste artigo o PCP, deve-se, unicamente, ao facto de, em rigor, não vislumbrar objectividade ou interesse por parte deste partido em discutir, à data, este assunto.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cumpre, ainda, dizer que não me passaram despercebidos os enganos nas datas contidas nestes documentos legais, da responsabilidade política de todos os intervenientes, nem tão pouco um &quot;currículum&quot; que, vergonhosamente, continua a aparecer, ao cabo de 7 meses, na Proposta de Lei, o que, manifestamente, se compraz com a atitude de querer dar um Título Profissional a quem pode até não saber ler ou escrever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Resta dizer que tomei conhecimento do Projecto de Lei &lt;a href=&quot;http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/02/estatuto-de-enologo.html&quot;&gt;na data em que o publiquei neste blogue &lt;/a&gt;e que, da Lei, só há dois dias tomei conhecimento.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;Aos Senhores Deputados&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Qualquer um pode dar conselho mas isso não faz dele um Psicólogo&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Se houve lapsos ou não, não sei, mas, independentemente da resposta a esta questão, urge rectificar esta lei. &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Farei tudo o que estiver ao meu alcance para que assim seja e faço um apelo a todos os colegas licenciados, mestres e doutorados em enologia para que se juntem à causa da nossa Classe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/feeds/3269718296889784828/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6389200974424550497&amp;postID=3269718296889784828&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/3269718296889784828'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/3269718296889784828'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/08/um-mau-estatuto-e-ou-um-mau-estatuto.html' title='Um mau estatuto &quot;e&quot; &quot;ou&quot; Um mau estatuto'/><author><name>Daniel Gonçalves Maia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13183580668408167795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389200974424550497.post-3889165086442528108</id><published>2009-08-05T02:02:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2012-07-16T01:32:45.814+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Enology"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Oenology"/><title type='text'>What&#39;s next, &quot;Organic&quot; &quot;Wine&quot; Soda?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;First came Croft and &quot;pinked&quot; the Port, actually managing to make it sound legal, and today, &lt;a href=&quot;http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2009/08/14800/0499605006.pdf&quot;&gt;literally&lt;/a&gt;, it is; now, José Maria da Fonseca de-alcoholised a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;rosé&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;, labelled it &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Rosé&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt; and the media (in their best versions) call it &quot;wine&quot;!? What&#39;s next, &quot;Organic&quot; &quot;Wine&quot; Soda?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/SnjmbyvCXsI/AAAAAAAAAwI/wtz2xWNrGVE/s1600-h/organic+wine+soda.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 361px;&quot; src=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/SnjmbyvCXsI/AAAAAAAAAwI/wtz2xWNrGVE/s400/organic+wine+soda.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366292321161862850&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With the exception of the US, O.I.V.&#39;s membership includes all major wine producing countries and the EU follows its &quot;recommendations&quot;. Wine Regulations in Portugal (and on the EU) state that: &quot;Wine is the beverage resulting exclusively from the partial or complete alcoholic fermentation of fresh grapes, whether crushed or not, or of grape must. Its actual alcohol content shall not be less than 8.5% vol.&lt;br /&gt;Nevertheless, taking into account climate, soil, vine variety, special qualitative factors or traditions specific to certain vineyards, the minimum total alcohol content may be able to be reduced to 7% vol. by legislation particular to the region considered.&quot; &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; O.I.V. (International Organisation of Vine and Wine), 2009, &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.reseau-concept.net/images/oiv_uk/Client/CODE_2009_EN.pdf&quot;&gt;International Code of Oenological Practices&lt;/a&gt;, Issue 2009/01, Paris, p. 1.1.3-1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/Snjif-NvdNI/AAAAAAAAAwA/mnhQfFuGLdg/s1600-h/lancers+rose+free.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 326px;&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/Snjif-NvdNI/AAAAAAAAAwA/mnhQfFuGLdg/s400/lancers+rose+free.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366287994916402386&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;In respect to the above, I just hope no one calls it &quot;wine&quot; for much longer… regardless of the number of quotation marks they use to &quot;advertise&quot; it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;fullpost&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;Facts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;. To the weekly Portuguese newspaper &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Expresso&lt;/span&gt;, the chairman of the administration board of José Maria da Fonseca, António Soares Franco, said that &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Lancers Rosé Free&lt;/span&gt; &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.portugalglobal.pt/PT/PortugalNews/Paginas/NewDetail.aspx?newId=%7BE22FA10A-9BAE-4F7D-AA6F-EE8AF998C4D1%7D&quot;&gt;is practically the same&lt;/a&gt;&quot;;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;The same what, may I ask?&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;. In Portugal, this is the first time a company has de-alcoholised a wine but, in the US, several companies do it for quite some time now and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.arielvineyards.com/index.html&quot;&gt;some&lt;/a&gt; actually won awards;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;To me, the role of the alcoholic fraction in wine, even to young wines, is essential to its texture, taste and smell and it is irreplaceable.&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;Questions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;. The idea of targeting the product towards countries with religious restrictions regarding alcohol consumption;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;I sincerely doubt the company will succeed with a product that has 0.50% vol.&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;. Selling in the US market;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;It will, of course, conquer its share because the market already exists in the US, nevertheless, and in spite of the company&#39;s selling strength  in this country, I doubt consumers will exchange for a product that apparently has nothing to add.&lt;/span&gt;);&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;. As for the Nordic countries, come on, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;you&#39;re not serious are you&lt;/span&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;. One last question: &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;on which supermarket shelves will these bottles stand on, the ones next to the real wines?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;Suggestions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;But maybe we do need to soften a bit some types of wine&lt;/span&gt;; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Vinho Verde&lt;/span&gt;, for instance, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;could be an interesting choice to compete with the beer industry&lt;/span&gt; (i.e., &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;worldwide&lt;/span&gt;); but even the &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;elegancy&lt;/span&gt; of Vinho Verde doesn&#39;t make it an non-alcoholic beverage... (Let&#39;s keep it that way.)&lt;br /&gt;To me, &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;wine should not try to compete with those alcoholic beverages that have been de-alcoholised in the recent past, no matter how tempting the idea may seem&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Wine is Another Thing!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt; It is not wine and I will never call it wine&lt;/span&gt;, but if you read this article and happen to produce this type of product, I&#39;m an open-minded person and you can tempt me to try it by sending me a bottle; I&#39;ll review it and publish it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/feeds/3889165086442528108/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6389200974424550497&amp;postID=3889165086442528108&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/3889165086442528108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/3889165086442528108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/08/whats-next-organic-wine-soda.html' title='What&#39;s next, &quot;Organic&quot; &quot;Wine&quot; Soda?'/><author><name>Daniel Gonçalves Maia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13183580668408167795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/SnjmbyvCXsI/AAAAAAAAAwI/wtz2xWNrGVE/s72-c/organic+wine+soda.gif" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389200974424550497.post-5247936402449336713</id><published>2009-07-12T00:18:00.014+01:00</published><updated>2012-07-16T23:28:39.642+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Biodiversity"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Cork"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Wine Closures"/><title type='text'>Carbon footprints of wine closures or…</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;...&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.countdown2010.net/&quot;&gt;Countdown 2010&lt;/a&gt; – the wrong answers to why it is so important to &quot;Only drink wines with natural cork stoppers&quot; as to figure as point &quot;8.&quot;(eight) on the &quot;Ten Things We All Can Do That Make a Difference&quot;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/SllENoRYzpI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/xDvcrbblh1M/s1600-h/wine+closures+carbon+footprint.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 368px; height: 400px;&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/SllENoRYzpI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/xDvcrbblh1M/s400/wine+closures+carbon+footprint.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357388232673250962&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Last Monday, Liza Drius, Communications Assistant of the Regional Office for Pan-Europe of the IUCNI (International Union for Conservation of Nature), following my enquire and given the Office&#39;s delay, asked me if I was still interested on being answered the questions put to the Regional Communications Officer, Alison Coleman, regarding Countdown 2010 (see the &lt;a href=&quot;http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/06/only-drink-wines-with-natural-cork.html&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;). I replied I did and that so did you; to be quite honest, I was flattered; a month delay to just a few questions kind of puts Portugal up to a British punctuality level, not to mention, of course, that my blog is not that important... Yesterday, the answers arrived to my email. Here are Liza&#39;s answers:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Countdown 2010 – the answers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Dear Daniel,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Here are my answers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;1. Countdown 2010 was launched at the stakeholder conference “Sustaining Livelihoods and Biodiversity: Attaining the 2010 Target in the European Biodiversity Strategy” in Malahide, Ireland in 2004 organized by the Irish Presidency of the European Union. The initiative was set up by IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 2005.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;2. To become a business partner of Countdown 2010, companies need to comply with a set of regulations which ensure they do not act against biodiversity protection. As all other stakeholders in Countdown 2010 membership, it is quite natural that partners who sign our Declaration advertise their commitment and take advantage of it. And this is what we aim to. Countdown 2010 is in the first place a campaign aiming to raising awareness of how important it is to protect and conserve biodiversity. We are not afraid if companies gain exposure from us, we wish more and more businesses would join our network and take concrete action to reduce their environmental impact and protect the biodiversity that surrounds them.   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;3. The article you mention is a list of very easy and practical things everybody can do to contribute to the reduction of biodiversity loss. As cork forests are indeed biodiversity hotspots, it is important that they are conserved and protected. We would of course welcome a better regulation for wines and stoppers in the EU, but this is really just a way of making people aware that using real cork helps ensure a healthy environment. You are right that we should be more specific in the definition of “natural”, but adding to many specifications would make the text less accessible to our readership.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;You can get more info here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/arborvitae33.pdf&quot;&gt;http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/arborvitae33.pdf&lt;/a&gt; (article The cork market: screwed?).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;I thank you very much for your questions and we are glad to have attentive readers. Should you have any further questions, do not hesitate to contact me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Best,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Liza&lt;/span&gt;&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;1st: Thank you very much Liza.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;2nd: Just a few comments on the answers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When the subject is environment, everything is connected. Climate change and biodiversity are the agenda regarding environmental polices with economics playing an important role in its outcome. We&#39;re all aware of this and we&#39;re all aware that global action is required to reset the balance and set the earth to a clean restart; or else, at the minimum, mankind will suffer and the human species can get close to extinction. History, however, taught us that private interests, even in such times, may ignore the global interest.&lt;br /&gt;To fight climate change and preserve biodiversity a lot of things need to be done and today almost everyone agrees on what these things are in general. Nevertheless, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;global action strategies demand for rigor and accuracy since global action leads to global consequences, i.e., drastic changes&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Thus, global action strategies may require a lot of study and lot of calculations. Let me give you a real example:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;fullpost&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height=&quot;344&quot; width=&quot;425&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/qERV4UZetSk&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/qERV4UZetSk&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; height=&quot;344&quot; width=&quot;425&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;If you see the whole episode you can see that this bizarre idea actually proved to work out with quite amazing results. Nevertheless, if scaled up to even just the ablation zones of Greenland it would become a disaster:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Many scientists see the idea of wrapping glaciers in blankets as impractical.  To cover even just the ablation zones of Greenland (270,000 square kilometers) – that is, where the ice is melting – will involve approximately 100 million Sikorsky helicopter airlifts, which will cost, of course, hundreds of billions of dollars.&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately, it gets worse. The project will, of course, leave a huge carbon footprint.  Manufacturing the carbon-based polypropylene blankets, then shipping them to the location and transfering them to the site will emit a huge amount of carbon dioxide. To give just one figure: the carbon cost of a Sikorsky is 1.5 tons of carbon per hour. It&#39;s hard to counter this objection, since the carbon footprint is massive.&quot; &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/web/ways-to-save-the-planet/dummies-guide/wrapping-greenland/?page=6&quot;&gt;discoverychannel.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;I new you&#39;d get the picture&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;What&#39;s that got to do with anything?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Any sort of environmental organization thru any sort of initiative has a huge responsibility in our time; responsibility is even higher when an initiative can be worldwide spread and globally heard and followed.&lt;br /&gt;Any strategy must have a scientific background and its communication must be accurate and reach each person in a clear way, or the best of intentions (assuming that all the intentions are always the best) can reveal disastrous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thus, starting backwards:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;1.&lt;/span&gt; &quot;…this is really just a way of making people aware that using real cork helps ensure a healthy environment. You are right that we should be more specific in the definition of “natural”, but adding to many specifications would make the text less accessible to our readership.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a) &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;The majority of consumers doesn&#39;t know the difference between a natural cork stopper and any other wine closure made with cork&lt;/span&gt;; to them, all are cork made, and so they&#39;re &quot;more natural&quot; than all the others (i.e., synthetic and aluminium closures), and thus, regarded as more friendly to the environment;&lt;br /&gt;b) &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;The majority of wine cork closures produced are not natural cork stoppers&lt;/span&gt; (i.e., plain cork) and given the present economic crisis it wouldn&#39;t be surprising if natural cork stoppers lost even more of their share on the wine cork closures market, especially to agglomerated and &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;colmated&lt;/span&gt; (filled) cork stoppers, which are much cheaper;&lt;br /&gt;c) &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;The message&lt;/span&gt; &quot;...making people aware that using real cork helps ensure a healthy environment&quot; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;is wrong&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;period&lt;/span&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;d) &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;The message&lt;/span&gt; &quot;…adding to many specifications would make the text less accessible to our readership.&quot; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;is irresponsible&lt;/span&gt;; preserving biodiversity doesn&#39;t mean preserving three globally endangered species (the Iberian Lynx, the Iberian Imperial Eagle and the Barbary Deer) in the &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;montado de sobro&lt;/span&gt; (cork oak stands or forests); &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;preserving biodiversity means a lot more and lowering carbon footprints is at the top of the list&lt;/span&gt; (sustainability is another one, and 100.000 people depending directly and indirectly on the cork economies of the 7 major Mediterranean cork producing countries (allmost all cork produced in the world) aren&#39;t an excuse to a multimillionaire industry).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;I don&#39;t mean that the world will end because of what I believe are wrong assumptions regarding point &quot;8.&quot; (eight) on Countdown 2010. What I mean is that wrong assumptions cancel the effect of right ones and set us back to square one (zero would be more accurate).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Facts:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can take a look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.realcork.org/artigo.php?art=624&quot;&gt;APCOR&#39;s exports report&lt;/a&gt; on wine cork closures reflecting the 2007&#39;s exports increase. You should pay attention to this: the percentages reflect &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;money&lt;/span&gt;/&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;closure type&lt;/span&gt; and not &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;quantity&lt;/span&gt;/&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;closure type&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One thing you can ask yourself is where the hell did the &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;colmated&lt;/span&gt;* cork stoppers go in this report? Were they included on the &quot;natural cork stoppers&quot; statistic?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;*Cork dust and glue filled corks, made from high porosity natural corks.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another thing you can take a look at, are independent reports on carbon footprints regarding all the process involved until a wine closure reaches its destiny, for all types of wine closures, by three major companies of each industry (aluminium, cork and synthetic):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amorim (&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Cork closures&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amorim.com/en/cor_sustentabilidade_iniciativas.php&quot;&gt;Report&#39;s link&lt;/a&gt; (see &quot;Research puts a figure to natural cork&#39;s green credentials&quot;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zork (&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Screwcap aluminium closures&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zork.com.au/environment-carbon-footprint.html&quot;&gt;Report&#39;s link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zork.com.au/_literature_41662/Carbon_Footprint_Summary_Report&quot;&gt;PDF report&#39;s link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nomacorc (&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Synthetic closures&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.corksupplyusa.com/_pdfs/nomacorc_footprint.pdf&quot;&gt;PDF report&#39;s link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Surprisingly, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;the reports&#39; conclusions are pretty much the same&lt;/span&gt;… but there&#39;s one thing missing on &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Amorim&#39;s report&lt;/span&gt;: it &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;doesn&#39;t include agglomerated cork stoppers, only natural ones&lt;/span&gt; (plain cork). And you can see &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;in the other two reports&lt;/span&gt;, that &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;synthetic wine closures do have a much smaller carbon footprint than agglomerated cork stoppers&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Continuing…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;2.&lt;/span&gt; The lobbing question was avoided.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;3.&lt;/span&gt; Regarding other environmental concerns, as methods used and chemicals applied in the manufacturing process of the natural cork stoppers, the answer could demand a lot of work and/or investigation so, it is understandable not having an answer; but it&#39;s not an excuse considering Countdown 2010&#39;s huge responsibility.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;4.&lt;/span&gt; As for practical things, drinking wine (chip or not) is definitely not one of those, at least not to me it is not…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;I&#39;d say&lt;/span&gt;: if you decide to &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.savemiguel.com/&quot;&gt;save Miguel&lt;/a&gt;&quot;, you should ask yourself, first, who is &quot;Miguel&quot; and what the hell is he doing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;fullpost&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/feeds/5247936402449336713/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6389200974424550497&amp;postID=5247936402449336713&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/5247936402449336713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/5247936402449336713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/07/carbon-footprints-of-wine-closures-or.html' title='Carbon footprints of wine closures or…'/><author><name>Daniel Gonçalves Maia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13183580668408167795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/SllENoRYzpI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/xDvcrbblh1M/s72-c/wine+closures+carbon+footprint.gif" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389200974424550497.post-1507869384176428997</id><published>2009-06-30T01:43:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2012-07-16T01:39:15.926+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Barómetro Vinhos"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Livros"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Provas de Vinhos"/><title type='text'>Muamba de Galinha: variações sobre um Rubai de Fernando Pessoa*</title><content type='html'>29-06-2009&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Morreste, eu salivo, e salivo mais pois sei&lt;br /&gt;Por que sabores salivo e salivarei.&lt;br /&gt;Não é pelo sabor da tua muamba:&lt;br /&gt;É pelos sabores das muambas que eu não comerei.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tudo é útil, no que toca aos sabores. Da panela&lt;br /&gt;À curgete, do quiabo à beringela.&lt;br /&gt;No lume brando com o óleo de palma,&lt;br /&gt;Tu mesma renuncias à cabidela.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sábio é o que é capaz de improvisar,&lt;br /&gt;Para que nada do que te falte se não note que está a faltar.&lt;br /&gt;Toda a malagueta tem sementes.&lt;br /&gt;Toda a pimenta dá para apimentar…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comamos! A galinha picante, o pirão a preceito, tudo&lt;br /&gt;Neste jantar me deixa mudo.&lt;br /&gt;Bebamos, pois, aos jantares à meia-noite!&lt;br /&gt;Amanhã publico isto, hoje, já estou de todo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Aos meus Amigos do Restaurante Campo Alegre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;*&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Post &lt;/span&gt;não recomendado a poetas e a &quot;pessoas sensíveis&quot;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Publiquei recentemente uma versão inglesa deste &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;post&lt;/span&gt;; esta é hoje publicada &quot;à laia&quot; de prólogo, com (algum?) humor; estou certo de que Fernando Pessoa tinha humor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Como Pessoano, não posso deixar de publicar o original deste Rubai (para sempre incompleto), para o qual não possuo adjectivação:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/SklkiQgxzAI/AAAAAAAAAu4/ICUt3V5QMt0/s1600-h/rubai.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 317px;&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/SklkiQgxzAI/AAAAAAAAAu4/ICUt3V5QMt0/s400/rubai.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352920171817323522&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fig. 1 - Digitalização de: PESSOA, F., 1997, Canções de Beber na Obra de Fernando Pessoa, Exemplar X, Edições de Arte, Lda., Lisboa, p. 33.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Num próximo &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;post &lt;/span&gt;sobre um próximo jantar à meia-noite, publicarei primeiro uma versão portuguesa; quanto à prova hedónica, talvez não se reduza, então, a uma nota, como se segue, e tenha mesmo notas de prova, como no primeiro destes jantares. Tudo &lt;a href=&quot;http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/06/long-time-no-chiken-muamba.html&quot;&gt;dependerá dos produtores nacionais de vinhos&lt;/a&gt;…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;fullpost&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;Prova Hedónica - V&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/SklnXEp_P5I/AAAAAAAAAvA/-NupViZp7Xc/s1600-h/Ramos+Pinto+Collection+2005+tinto.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 45px; height: 200px;&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/SklnXEp_P5I/AAAAAAAAAvA/-NupViZp7Xc/s200/Ramos+Pinto+Collection+2005+tinto.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352923278191050642&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Ramos Pinto, Collection, Douro, 2005, tinto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De forma prática e numa escala de 0 a 100 (ou de 50 a 100, considerando que não há defeitos):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Daniel Gonçalves Maia&lt;/span&gt;: 80 pontos;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Painel&lt;/span&gt;: 87 pontos;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Barómetro&lt;/span&gt;: até agora, sem resultados (remeta a sua pontuação ao Blogue &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:danielgoncalvesmaia@gmail.com&quot;&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/feeds/1507869384176428997/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6389200974424550497&amp;postID=1507869384176428997&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/1507869384176428997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/1507869384176428997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/06/muamba-de-galinha-variacoes-sobre-um.html' title='Muamba de Galinha: variações sobre um Rubai de Fernando Pessoa*'/><author><name>Daniel Gonçalves Maia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13183580668408167795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/SklkiQgxzAI/AAAAAAAAAu4/ICUt3V5QMt0/s72-c/rubai.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389200974424550497.post-8719513497393196949</id><published>2009-06-25T14:06:00.013+01:00</published><updated>2012-07-16T21:26:45.162+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Labels and Art"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Rótulos e Arte"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Wine Barometer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Wine Tastings"/><title type='text'>Long time no Chicken Muamba...</title><content type='html'>Well, it has been a while but, finally, after months (almost a year, actually) without seeing the friends at Campo Alegre&#39;s restaurant, in spite of all the invitations, officially delivered every Friday by Carlos Fortunato (phone calls and emails at the beginning soon to be followed by registered mail and threats to my physical integrity), I actually managed the time for &quot;another&quot; midnight dinner; and guess what? &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;This time we ate Chicken Muamba!&lt;/span&gt; And this time I took the wine; just one bottle, to go with the… let&#39;s say, flow.&lt;br /&gt;I chose &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Ramos Pinto, Collection 2005, red&lt;/span&gt; (didn&#39;t have much of a choice though, the options at 11pm on a Saturday are limited to hypermarkets, and it came to that last Saturday); yep, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;2005&lt;/span&gt;, we&#39;re always a step ahead in this hedonic tastings&#39; business…&lt;br /&gt;As usual, we started with a single beer to &quot;tune the palate&quot; (to be quite honest, I had a little start on the others) and as usual the chicken was: &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;VERY NICE!!!&lt;/span&gt; The wine set the mood and the bottle the talking &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;motto&lt;/span&gt; (women, what else) which then diverged towards Adriano Ramos Pinto&#39;s marketing concept, new businesses&#39; ideas, wine in general and &quot;wine pairing&quot; – actually, what we&#39;ve been doing, i.e., changing the wine and sticking with the chicken, which, let me tell you, was hot! Quite a match for the talking!&lt;br /&gt;Our host shot a few pictures for posterity which turned out to be quite interesting (as always):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/SkN75yBA0xI/AAAAAAAAAug/vPZRUfr1HOg/s1600-h/collection+2005.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/SkN75yBA0xI/AAAAAAAAAug/vPZRUfr1HOg/s320/collection+2005.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351257014855062290&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Fig. 1 – Ramos Pinto, Collection, 2005, red by Carlos Fortunato&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;A few words on this picture…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;… but first, a few words on Adriano &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ramospinto.pt/casa_ing.htm&quot;&gt;Ramos Pinto&lt;/a&gt;, a young entrepreneur in his 20&#39;s who took a chance a got well: he started as a bookkeeper working for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sandeman.eu/homepage/en&quot;&gt;Sandeman&lt;/a&gt;, where he remained even after deciding to launch himself in the Port business, in 1880. Adriano Ramos Pinto&#39;s advertising and marketing perception was advanced at his time; he worked his ideas and concentrated his efforts on exports, mainly to Brazil, working hard to expand his company along with his brother, who joined him in its early years. In 1918 three more partners joined the company (one of them was António &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.calem.pt/&quot;&gt;Cálem&lt;/a&gt;) which remained under the family administration until in 1990 Louis Roederer becomes its major partner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/SkN8nn-QdiI/AAAAAAAAAuo/R7qM-MQ_4qY/s1600-h/ren%C3%A9+vincent+porto+ramos+pinto.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 400px;&quot; src=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/SkN8nn-QdiI/AAAAAAAAAuo/R7qM-MQ_4qY/s400/ren%C3%A9+vincent+porto+ramos+pinto.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351257802433132066&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Fig. 2 – Original poster &quot;The kiss&quot; &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;by&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;René Vincent&lt;/span&gt; (1)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The company has been &quot;recycling&quot; its art-nouveau/art-deco posters, originally used in Port advertising campaigns by Adriano Ramos Pinto and commissioned to important artists from the beginning of the past century throughout its early 30&#39;s: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonetto_Cappiello&quot;&gt;Leonetto Cappiello&lt;/a&gt;, Matteo da Angelo Rossotti, &lt;a href=&quot;http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopoldo_Metlicovitz&quot;&gt;Leopoldo Metlicovitz&lt;/a&gt;, René Vincent, &lt;a href=&quot;http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Carneiro&quot;&gt;António Carneiro&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesto_Ferreira_Condeixa&quot;&gt;Ernesto Condeixa&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roque_Gameiro&quot;&gt;Roque Gameiro&lt;/a&gt;; these artists reflected the lust and the daring of their &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;modern times&lt;/span&gt; in their posters, and the company&#39;s advertising campaigns had a certain &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;scent&lt;/span&gt; of sensuality and eroticism; in result, sex appeal and temptation drew consumers towards its Port.&lt;br /&gt;Some of these artists need no introduction. António Carneiro, Ernesto Condeixa and Roque Gameiro are Portuguese artists; Réne Vincent remains alive with a [ambiguous?(2)] kiss that assumes the trademark of the company on most of its recent labels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(1) &quot;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;René Vincent&lt;/span&gt; was born in 1879 in Paris, France. He died in 1936, also in Paris. His brother, Henri Vincent-Anglade, was a painter. He studied art at &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;l&#39;Ecole des Beaux-Arts&lt;/span&gt; in Paris. Working in an Art Deco style, he became an illustrator much in demand for his poster designs depicting the first generations of automobiles and race cars, including Bugatti, Peugeot, and other car makers, as well as suppliers of automotive parts and supplies, such as Michelin and Shell. Vincent also excelled in creating elegantly designed poster advertisements for fashion, beverages, and other products. He sometimes signed his work with the pseudonym of Rageot. He influenced many other poster designers, including Geo Ham, who followed in his footsteps in designing automotive posters.&quot; &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.callihan.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.callihan.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;René Vincent&lt;/span&gt;, the Art Deco designer, also had an impact on early Tintin adventures: &quot;His influence can be detected at the beginning of the Soviets, where my drawings are designed along a decorative line, like an &#39;S&#39;.&quot;&quot; &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Tintin&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Tintin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(2) &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Some say that the &quot;The kiss&quot; advertising poster, which came out after Adriano Ramos Pinto&#39;s death, in the early 30&#39;s, illustrates the fading of the company&#39;s advertising campaigns; they say the cupid substitutes the erotic element of former posters and prevents the young couple&#39;s kiss…&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Well, I don&#39;t see an ordinary couple in there but, that&#39;s probably just my imagination…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(*) QUIDNOVI, Caves D&#39;ouro, 2000, QUIDNOVI, Matosinhos (O Comércio do Porto ©) – personal translation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;fullpost&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;Meantime…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;I ought to make a statement in regards to tastings&#39; posts on Coisas dos Vinhos&lt;/span&gt; (can&#39;t stop learning…):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1st – I too, decided not to publish more of these hedonic tastings taking place in Campo Alegre&#39;s restaurant … &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;unless the bottles are free to taste&lt;/span&gt;. Yep, that&#39;s it; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;the promotion is free but the bottle must be supplied&lt;/span&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Coming in handy and answering to an anonymous email from a few months back&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2nd – &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;I worked for half a year with Pinhal da Torre reviewing all this company&#39;s wines, that&#39;s why you see all its wines reviewed on Coisas dos Vinhos&lt;/span&gt;; moreover, apart from hedonic tastings, all wines reviewed on this blog were offered by either the wineries or the distributors;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;I think I should also state, for record purposes, that&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3rd – &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;I don&#39;t score wines unless I&#39;m invited or paid to and, in both cases, of course, not by the wineries&lt;/span&gt;; you see, professionally scoring wines demands a certain amount of things, including expertise and quite some work; this, of course, if you do it professionally and don&#39;t want your personal taste to affect your scorings;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4th – &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;As for personal reviews on any wines&lt;/span&gt;, I&#39;ll stick to what I&#39;ve been doing, i.e., whether you&#39;re a friend, a winery or both, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;I&#39;ll review your wine but I won&#39;t score it&lt;/span&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5th – &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;If the question is personal taste, the tasting is done by this crazy bunch of guys at Campo Alegre&#39;s restaurant&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;hedonically&lt;/span&gt;; and, for now, only a number is displayed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;Hedonic Tasting - VI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As said before “Hedonic tasting isn’t usually so accurate as to require a 50 (considering no faults) to 100 points&#39; scale (it rather uses descriptive terms measuring how pleasant, or unpleasant, a wine is), nevertheless, our panel is consistent and used to taste and rate wines (...)” so, again, here&#39;s the score:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/SkOAXpzugvI/AAAAAAAAAuw/bt7iSzxUFVg/s1600-h/Ramos+Pinto+Collection+2005+red.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 45px; height: 200px;&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/SkOAXpzugvI/AAAAAAAAAuw/bt7iSzxUFVg/s200/Ramos+Pinto+Collection+2005+red.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351261926094439154&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Ramos Pinto, Collection, Douro, 2005, Red&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a 50 to 100 points&#39; scale:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Daniel Gonçalves Maia&lt;/span&gt;: 80 points;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Panel&lt;/span&gt;: 87 points;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Barometer&lt;/span&gt;: so far, no one rated this wine (rate this wine &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:danielgoncalvesmaia@gmail.com&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/feeds/8719513497393196949/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6389200974424550497&amp;postID=8719513497393196949&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/8719513497393196949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/8719513497393196949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/06/long-time-no-chiken-muamba.html' title='Long time no Chicken Muamba...'/><author><name>Daniel Gonçalves Maia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13183580668408167795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/SkN75yBA0xI/AAAAAAAAAug/vPZRUfr1HOg/s72-c/collection+2005.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389200974424550497.post-3057440148828234162</id><published>2009-06-15T04:30:00.015+01:00</published><updated>2012-07-16T02:10:47.404+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Media"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Opinion"/><title type='text'>Le Vin n&#39;est pas mort! – Wine is not dead!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;I really don&#39;t know if wine blogs make the difference:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed style=&quot;width: 438px; height: 372px;&quot; src=&quot; http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/5/1323866/Wine%20is%20not%20dead.swf&quot; quality=&quot;best&quot; bgcolor=&quot;#f7f0e9&quot; scale=&quot;Scale&quot; salign=&quot;TL&quot; flashvars=&quot;playerMode=embedded&quot; align=&quot;middle&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I sometimes wonder why people &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;wine blog&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed style=&quot;width: 438px; height: 372px;&quot; src=&quot; http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/5/1323866/wine%20is%20not%20dead_2.swf&quot; quality=&quot;best&quot; bgcolor=&quot;#f7f0e9&quot; scale=&quot;Scale&quot; salign=&quot;TL&quot; flashvars=&quot;playerMode=embedded&quot; align=&quot;middle&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other times, I just think I may know a few answers to that:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed style=&quot;width: 438px; height: 372px;&quot; src=&quot; http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/5/1323866/wine%20is%20not%20dead_3.swf&quot; quality=&quot;best&quot; bgcolor=&quot;#f7f0e9&quot; scale=&quot;Scale&quot; salign=&quot;TL&quot; flashvars=&quot;playerMode=embedded&quot; align=&quot;middle&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;But there&#39;s still so much I don&#39;t know:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed style=&quot;width: 438px; height: 372px;&quot; src=&quot; http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/5/1323866/wine%20is%20not%20dead_4.swf&quot; quality=&quot;best&quot; bgcolor=&quot;#f7f0e9&quot; scale=&quot;Scale&quot; salign=&quot;TL&quot; flashvars=&quot;playerMode=embedded&quot; align=&quot;middle&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;And so much I ought (and hope) to do more:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed style=&quot;width: 438px; height: 372px;&quot; src=&quot; http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/5/1323866/wine%20is%20not%20dead_5.swf&quot; quality=&quot;best&quot; bgcolor=&quot;#f7f0e9&quot; scale=&quot;Scale&quot; salign=&quot;TL&quot; flashvars=&quot;playerMode=embedded&quot; align=&quot;middle&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;One thing I should have learned already is to:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed style=&quot;width: 438px; height: 372px;&quot; src=&quot; http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/5/1323866/wine%20is%20not%20dead_6.swf&quot; quality=&quot;best&quot; bgcolor=&quot;#f7f0e9&quot; scale=&quot;Scale&quot; salign=&quot;TL&quot; flashvars=&quot;playerMode=embedded&quot; align=&quot;middle&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;One thing is certain:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;wine blogs provide what other media can&#39;t and traditional media are in a struggle; Wine blogs, no matter what they aim to&lt;/span&gt; (see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.winewhoreblog.com/&quot;&gt;The Wine Whore&lt;/a&gt;, for instance, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://1winedude.com/index.php/2009/06/03/will-whore-for-wine-an-interview-with-the-wine-whore/&quot;&gt;take a look at guy&#39;s face&lt;/a&gt;, he really loves wine!) &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;provide in general good and free info, sometimes, just &quot;prostituting&quot; themselves a bit, but hey, would you ask for the complaint&#39;s book if a &quot;professional&quot; charged you only for… your room? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Somewhere in time all wine blogs started from pure wine enthusiasm… wine passion! That&#39;s enough for me. You decide which ones suit you best&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://1winedude.com/index.php/2009/04/06/who-do-you-love-are-wine-writers-writing-for-you-or-for-each-other/&quot;&gt;even if a grate part of you actually &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;wine blogs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;and judge for more or less reliable content.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;.. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for me, I&#39;ll just keep… learning…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Non Glossary:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;What&#39;s on your mind?&lt;/span&gt; – Reaching the other, friend or acquainted someone or no one… yet?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;What are you doing?&lt;/span&gt; – The fastest way to a tendinitis and still keep up the stressing speed of daily routine?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Posting &lt;/span&gt;– a &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;free&lt;/span&gt;way to share content with those who&#39;re interested… or need the distraction – not literature, not quite art… yet!?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Misleading &lt;/span&gt;– if it says you&#39;ve won and you&#39;re actually paying it and don&#39;t even notice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Irrelevant &lt;/span&gt;– maybe this post…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/feeds/3057440148828234162/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6389200974424550497&amp;postID=3057440148828234162&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/3057440148828234162'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/3057440148828234162'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/06/le-vin-nest-pas-mort-wine-is-not-dead_2790.html' title='Le Vin n&#39;est pas mort! – Wine is not dead!'/><author><name>Daniel Gonçalves Maia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13183580668408167795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389200974424550497.post-3509369301156916195</id><published>2009-06-06T02:44:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2012-07-16T23:28:39.639+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Biodiversity"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Books"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Cork"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Wine Closures"/><title type='text'>&quot;Only drink wines with natural cork stoppers&quot;</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/SinKVi-D2qI/AAAAAAAAAs4/X5jwDcLI9KU/s1600-h/german+cork+oak.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 311px;&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/SinKVi-D2qI/AAAAAAAAAs4/X5jwDcLI9KU/s400/german+cork+oak.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344024904364972706&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Cork stoppers don&#39;t just come out of the cork oak like that?! (↑) – Although it could be a possible scenario if the cork oak grew as naturally in Germany as it does in Portugal... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;m not exactly &quot;in&quot; the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis&quot;&gt;Gaia hypothesis&lt;/a&gt; &quot;thing&quot; (neither &quot;in&quot; all its scientific approach nor &quot;in&quot; all its &quot;figure of speech&quot; approach) nor do I honestly believe we&#39;re doomed as does James Lovelock in his 2006 book, &quot;The Revenge of Gaia&quot;; I also can&#39;t say I&#39;m really concerned about the truth on certain maters (getting sceptic) nor am I an anti-nationalist – being the cork industry in Portugal such a &quot;heavy weight&quot; – (although major Portuguese cork stoppers&#39; companies have started to produce synthetic closures and screw caps since a few years back, in other countries, of course, to avoid opinion judgment and still being able to play on both sides of the field – the future seemed quite uncertain at that time – taking advantage of their knowhow and clientele); most of all, I&#39;m not insinuating anything whatsoever!&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt; I do however wonder why it is so important to &quot;Only drink wines with natural cork stoppers&quot; as to figure as point &quot;8.&quot;(eight) on the &quot;Ten Things &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;We All&lt;/span&gt; Can Do That Make a Difference&quot; in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.countdown2010.net/&quot;&gt;Countdown 2010&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;fullpost&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.regiao-sul.pt/noticia.php?refnoticia=95070&quot;&gt;Portuguese press&lt;/a&gt; reproduced Portuguese Cork Association&#39;s (APCOR) press release concerning this mater in the following (translated) terms: the cork stopper, as the major product of the cork industry (a sustainable industry), helps preserving the cork oak stands and the survival of the living species (animal and plant) of that habitat. Moreover, cork oak stands are, for instance, a natural shelter for endangered species as is the case of the Iberian lynx.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;And we all know there are a few more endangered species; for instance, in northern Africa… still…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Here&#39;s what I did – just asked (emailed) Alison Coleman (Regional Communications Officer of Countdown 2010)&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. When did &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Countdown 2010&lt;/span&gt; start and who did actually start it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Being &quot;an independent alliance governed by the will of its partners&quot; (private companies included) &quot;through the institutional mechanisms in place (Advisory Board and Partners’ Assembly)&quot; how is &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Countdown 2010&lt;/span&gt; protected from private interests (as private companies profiting from the exposure) or seeing its purpose diverge towards industries or sectors (lobbing)?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. On the &quot;Ten Things We All Can Do That Make a Difference&quot;, wasn&#39;t there a more universal and insightful point rather than &quot;8.&quot;? Can this point &quot;8.&quot; (eight) really make the difference?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a) In what way?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;b) Do you think wine buyers understand what &quot;natural&quot; cork stoppers are (i.e., opposed to agglomerated, &quot;technical&quot;, &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;colmated&lt;/span&gt; (filled) and multi-piece (collated) cork stoppers, among others* &quot;not so natural&quot;)? Won&#39;t they think it&#39;s just semantic redundancy? Or are these &quot;not so natural&quot; cork stoppers still &quot;better&quot;, regarding the biodiversity friendliness, than synthetic or aluminium closures?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;c) In spite of the new regulation on Organic Farming, Organic Wines are yet to be regulated in the EU; given the lack of an OW best practices&#39; code in the EU and having the USA Organic Wines&#39; regulation not regarded the closures&#39; issue concerning these wines, don&#39;t you think &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;natural&lt;/span&gt; should &quot;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;also&lt;/span&gt;&quot; define more than just plain cork, i.e., concerning at least the washing and surface treatment procedures and products applied and used in the natural cork stoppers&#39; manufacturing process?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;So far I got no answer&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Share your thoughts with me, and &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;have a nice weekend&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* Champagne and capsulated closures.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/feeds/3509369301156916195/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6389200974424550497&amp;postID=3509369301156916195&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/3509369301156916195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/3509369301156916195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/06/only-drink-wines-with-natural-cork.html' title='&quot;Only drink wines with natural cork stoppers&quot;'/><author><name>Daniel Gonçalves Maia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13183580668408167795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/SinKVi-D2qI/AAAAAAAAAs4/X5jwDcLI9KU/s72-c/german+cork+oak.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389200974424550497.post-5317150214837851775</id><published>2009-05-23T02:57:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2012-07-16T16:21:38.493+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Opinion"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Organic Farming"/><title type='text'>EU New Organic Logo</title><content type='html'>&quot;(…) 2nd – Because in spite of all the above I wanted to &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;encourage&lt;/span&gt; all these &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;design or art students, to inspire themselves on the vine to produce this logo&lt;/span&gt;, as a form of reminding the Commission that Europe (27) is more of a cellar rather than a barn&lt;/span&gt;… &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;you can inspire your selves on the discrete draft the blog&#39;s designers made to illustrate this – see below (↓)&lt;/span&gt;. (…)&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/ShdaUFRTjtI/AAAAAAAAAso/4ZHfHfUV2qk/s1600-h/inspiringeurologogif_.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 340px; height: 400px;&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/ShdaUFRTjtI/AAAAAAAAAso/4ZHfHfUV2qk/s400/inspiringeurologogif_.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338835184329658066&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Fig. 1 – Coisas dos Vinhos&#39; Inspiring Euro Organic Logo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before publishing the second part of my &lt;a href=&quot;http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/05/organic-wines-update-on-situation-on-eu.html&quot;&gt;previous post&lt;/a&gt; &quot;Part II – Organic Wine on the US (an update of the situation)&quot;, which as you may imagine is not that simple, and not intending to start directing the blog towards organic wines as if there was no tomorrow, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;I want to share a &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/logo/competition/competition_en.htm&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; I came across with&lt;/span&gt; when searching the GPP* site for an answer to why, after 6 months for reviewing my organic farming project, PRODER** is quiet as a mouse …&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Why sharing this link&lt;/span&gt;? Because I&#39;m a giving person and thought that a huge blog like mine could be quite a good help to the Commission&#39;s tiny little portal in regards to advertising the EU&#39;s competition for the new organic logo…&lt;br /&gt;Okay, I&#39;m lying:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1st – Because &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;it doesn&#39;t seam fair to me to &quot;invite&quot; only&lt;/span&gt; (spare me the euphemism, &quot;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;allow&lt;/span&gt;&quot; is the word) &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&quot;(…) design or art students (…) registered at an academy, university or college in one of the 27 EU Member States.&quot; to the competition for the new organic logo, leaving out all the others&lt;/span&gt;…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;fullpost&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Who?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Creative geniuses&lt;/span&gt;, for starters, whose equal opportunities&#39; condition as (full right) citizens is being denied because they&#39;re not students at an higher educational institution – some of them are probably working to afford the higher &quot;education&quot; the system could not provide… and even eat organic…;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Artists with little or no formal art training&lt;/span&gt; – the history of art is crowded with extraordinary artists who, at least, started their career without a higher education;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Organic producers (individually)&lt;/span&gt;, especially small ones and those who process stuff – who have the need to know about and work closely to &quot;communication&quot; in general, some having extraordinary design and art skills (even making their own labels, advertising, web sites and others to spare money… and time), who should also be entitled to compete (and not limited to on-line voting); &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;et al.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Why?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;First&lt;/span&gt;, it seams obvious to me that this segment (design or art students) will be the major one submitting its works and therefore probably the winner of the competition (consequently, the EU had nothing to fear regarding its public higher educational system…); &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;second&lt;/span&gt;, if the idea was to avoid professionals&#39; participation, this won&#39;t work, as it should so very well understand; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;third&lt;/span&gt;, if the idea was to ban, say, &quot;25 plus&quot; year olds, just putting an age limit would do the job and would be the right thing to do; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;fourth&lt;/span&gt;, this competition is a very good opportunity for those who are very good but need support to go further, therefore nobody should be left out; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;fifth&lt;/span&gt;, I won&#39;t comment on this one:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Competition rules&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are no rules in art and very few ones in this competition. But before getting started, please read the following competition rules carefully. Please also see the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/logo/competition/specifications_en.htm&quot;&gt;specifications&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. You must be a student registered at a higher educational institution for art or design &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;including disciplines such as fine arts&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;graphic design&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;visual communication&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;media design or a related discipline&lt;/span&gt;. You can also participate if you have just graduated from one of the above mentioned courses in 2008 or 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(…)&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Okay, I lied again: what are these guys afraid of, a naked king? Or is the Commission so sick worried that the prize may outcome the hiring of a professional? And this one reminds me: 6.000 euro for the first prize? That&#39;s definitely extortion! I mean it! And why the hell are there a second and a third prizes?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2nd – Because in spite of all the above I wanted to &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;encourage&lt;/span&gt; all these &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;design or art students, to inspire themselves on the vine to produce this logo&lt;/span&gt;, as a form of reminding the Commission that Europe (27) is more of a cellar rather than a barn&lt;/span&gt;… &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;you can inspire your selves on the discrete draft the blog&#39;s designers made to illustrate this – see below (↓)&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/ShdaUFRTjtI/AAAAAAAAAso/4ZHfHfUV2qk/s1600-h/inspiringeurologogif_.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 340px; height: 400px;&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/ShdaUFRTjtI/AAAAAAAAAso/4ZHfHfUV2qk/s400/inspiringeurologogif_.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338835184329658066&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Fig. 1 – Coisas dos Vinhos&#39; Inspiring Euro Organic Logo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/ShdfaXp8WjI/AAAAAAAAAsw/PXQRq_lfJrU/s1600-h/currenteurologogif_.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 397px; height: 400px;&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/ShdfaXp8WjI/AAAAAAAAAsw/PXQRq_lfJrU/s400/currenteurologogif_.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338840789902187058&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Fig. 2 – Current Euro Organic Logo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3rd – &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Because, whether you&#39;re a design or an art student, an artist or an organic producer, (geniuses including), I wanted to invite you all (with no exception) to submit your works to the blog. The blog&#39;s prize will be a bottle of the finest*** Portuguese wine &quot;made with organic grapes&quot;&lt;/span&gt;…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Submit your works &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:danielgoncalvesmaia@gmail.com&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(The only license I&#39;ll need is for you to allow the blog to publish your work for voting purposes only by anyone who&#39;s interested, including me.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;*Portuguese planning and policies&#39; office in the ministry of agriculture;&lt;br /&gt;**State&#39;s rural development program funded by the EU;&lt;br /&gt;*** I&#39;ll taste a few of the best acclaimed until the 25th June… &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:78%;&quot;&gt;but probably chose the cheapest&lt;/span&gt;…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/feeds/5317150214837851775/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6389200974424550497&amp;postID=5317150214837851775&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/5317150214837851775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/5317150214837851775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/05/eu-new-organic-logo.html' title='EU New Organic Logo'/><author><name>Daniel Gonçalves Maia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13183580668408167795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/ShdaUFRTjtI/AAAAAAAAAso/4ZHfHfUV2qk/s72-c/inspiringeurologogif_.gif" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389200974424550497.post-4247976708532693621</id><published>2009-05-16T01:35:00.048+01:00</published><updated>2012-07-16T16:32:06.612+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Enology"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Oenology"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Organic Wines"/><title type='text'>Organic Wines – an update on the situation on the EU and the USA</title><content type='html'>I just found this &quot;cool&quot; feature for those of us who blog and happen to spend some time in front of the PC. Actually, it&#39;s just a chat tool for blogs and sites, but I just realized that allowing complete strangers to ask you the most extraordinary things on wine can be quite interesting, even if you end up consulting for free… (You may as well get very interesting feedback from any part of the globe).&lt;br /&gt;Of course, writing can be rather time consuming and sometimes it&#39;s quite difficult to keep up your writing speed with your thoughts. Communication – I thought – should be faster and simpler – had I got the means I would probably post this article on some streaming media...&lt;br /&gt;The thing is, I looked for a voice version of this (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skype.com/intl/en/share/buttons/wizard.html&quot;&gt;hardly knowing…&lt;/a&gt;) just after chatting with a lady who has this so very interesting wine blog, remarkably ranked, considering its short existence (yep, I&#39;m still digesting my GPR disaster) and that goes by Amy Atwood. I found Amy&#39;s blog &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mydailywine.com/&quot;&gt;mydailywine&lt;/a&gt; on a &lt;a href=&quot;http://fermentation.typepad.com/fermentation/2009/05/bloggerview-23-amy-atwood.html&quot;&gt;Tom Wark&#39;s Fermentation&#39;s post&lt;/a&gt; and, after a very short chatting my thoughts were: wouldn&#39;t it be something if we didn&#39;t need the writing?&lt;br /&gt;Nevertheless, we chatted for a minute or two and exchanged some thoughts on organic wines (organic wines happen to be Amy&#39;s professional focus).&lt;br /&gt;It comes out organic wines (or at least its labelling) are a bit confusing for consumers right now…&lt;br /&gt;So, I decided to tell you &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;a bit about the updated US and European regulations&lt;/span&gt; on organic farming with a special focus &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;on organic wines&lt;/span&gt;. Given my short experience on this matter I&#39;ll fully document my sayings but I&#39;ll summarize it a bit so the subject can be enlightened in a short and simple way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/Sg4RggWD5SI/AAAAAAAAAsg/T4Rea3q23mI/s1600-h/Organic+F+Word+Bottle.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 119px;&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/Sg4RggWD5SI/AAAAAAAAAsg/T4Rea3q23mI/s400/Organic+F+Word+Bottle.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336221858616567074&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Fig. 1 – Original picture stolen &quot;in&quot; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.orwine.org/intranet/libretti/brussel%20presentation%20uwe09_260_02_0_.pdf&quot;&gt;ORWINE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:180%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:180%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Part 0 – Organic or Biodynamic?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you&#39;re aiming for federal regulation (either in the USA or in EU), or national (state) regulation derived from it and in strict adherence to it, that assures consumers that the organic farming &quot;model&quot; was observed and its process monitored, when purchasing a food product (vegetal or animal, processed or non-processed), the answer is: &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Organic&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;1. Then, what&#39;s Biodynamic?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a) &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Biodynamic&lt;/span&gt; (either in the USA or in EU and also in other countries) is a concept (since 1924) that involves, partially and in a somewhat primitive and non-scientific way, the organic farming &quot;model&quot;; it bears a philosophical and spiritual (therefore non-scientific) way of dealing with farming. As so, it has no recognition from federal (or national) regulations on any country of the EU and neither in the USA. The biodynamic concept is ruled by a private organization (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.demeter.net/&quot;&gt;DEMETER&lt;/a&gt;) which has spread to several countries and has its own standards and regulations and its own certifying process and agents (Biodynamic® is a trade mark by DEMETER, that certifies &quot;Biodynamic&quot;)*.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;b) As for &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;biodynamic as in &quot;biodynamic preparation&quot;&lt;/span&gt; it has nothing to do with the above; it may be, for instance, compost bio-synthesized by worms (biodynamic preparations are allowed in the EU&#39;s organic farming regulations).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Although &quot;Organic&quot; doesn&#39;t mean exactly the same&lt;/span&gt; (especially in what concerns to processed stuff**) &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;in the US and in the EU&lt;/span&gt; (each have its own regulations although possibly tending to harmonization), &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&quot;Organic&quot; is protected by law in both&lt;/span&gt;, and labelling &quot;Organic&quot; requires registering in compliance (production and/or handling operators) and respecting organic farming regulation (huge!); it involves time to time inspections and accreditation is limited to:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. The state department of  agriculture (in some states) and/or a USDA Accredited Certifying Agent (regularly inspected) – USA;&lt;br /&gt;2. Accredited Certifying Agents (in and by each member state in compliance with the Commission regulations on this matter) – EU.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;The labelling (or other advertisement uses) of &quot;Organic&quot; is otherwise forbidden and severely punished by law&lt;/span&gt;; &quot;bio&quot; and similar expressions uses that could misinform the consumer are also forbidden by EU&#39;s new regulation on Organic Farming, even if previously used by private organizations (which nonetheless are entitled to have their own private standards and logos).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:180%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:180%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Part I – Organic Wine on the EU (an update on the situation)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;fullpost&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;1. What&#39;s the general situation?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Until the 1st day of 2009&lt;/span&gt;, EU regulation on organic farming did not include wine but only the grapes (&lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:1991R2092:20080514:EN:PDF&quot;&gt;see prior regulation&lt;/a&gt;) – wines made from organic grapes (at least by 95% in weight) could be labelled (and advertised) only as &quot;Wine from Organic Grapes&quot; or something of the kind (I say &quot;or something of the kind&quot; but these rules on &quot;expressions&quot; are always very specific). Nevertheless, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;the placing of the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/eu-policy/logo_en&quot;&gt;EU&#39;s Logo for Organic Farming&lt;/a&gt; (which is the same for processed and non-processed stuff**) &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;was legally allowed in the bottles of &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;these wines&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Many wine producers limited their labelling for ad purposes to the use of this symbol&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Now&lt;/span&gt;, the new regulation on organic farming (see new regulation &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/eu-policy/legislation_en#regulation&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2007:189:0001:0023:EN:PDF&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:250:0001:0084:EN:PDF&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;) does consider wine but Organic Wines (OW) &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;will have to&lt;/span&gt; respect first the general regulation on wine (CMO and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oiv.int/uk/accueil/index.php&quot;&gt;OIV&lt;/a&gt;)***. What this means is that this new regulation just opened the door for further and full regulation on OW, which is, nevertheless, a start (now this can be done).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;2. Why is it such a slow process?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a) Regulation on Organic Farming in the EU (CEE) is recent (dates of 1991);&lt;br /&gt;b) &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Because &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;some&lt;/span&gt; winemaking (oenological) practices (or techniques), additives, processing aids and other substances, although in strict adherence to (today&#39;s) consumer&#39;s safety regulations on the EU, do not comply with organic farming principals&lt;/span&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;c) Because coherence with organic farming regulation on food processing should be establish***;&lt;br /&gt;d) Because of the EU&#39;s geographical extent, that makes it very diverse regarding climate and soil properties which reflect a great number of GIs (geographical indications) and types of wine – thus making the regulations&#39; generalization difficult, implying exceptions and &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;focused updated research for suppressing organic winemaking large difficulties when producing certain wines – and this because&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;1. Oenology has evolved quite much in the last decades &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;worldwide&lt;/span&gt; and winemaking in some European countries is a major business – OW should therefore be treated in order to widely provide an option to all its &quot;normal&quot; congeners; in other words, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;organic means economic niche and so does wine&lt;/span&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;2. National legislation (in all countries of the EU) must follow the directives from the Commission, which thus require a certain degree of flexibility;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Furthermore, it takes time to listen to all the parts directly involved and interested in the process and relevant and scientific info and data must be gathered in order to properly establish standards (limits) and allowed lists for respectively substances and techniques for organic winemaking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;3. What&#39;s being done?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On this matter, studies are being done and research is being developed, at least since 2006, by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.orwine.org/default.asp?scheda=260&quot;&gt;ORWINE&lt;/a&gt; (a policy oriented research project funded by the European Commission to provide a scientific background for the development of EU legislative framework and a code of best practices for organic wine production and labelling), which has recently presented what seam to be the projects&#39; first final conclusions.&lt;br /&gt;This project was meant to end in May 2009… but it may not end up being so; it included producers&#39; surveys, market and consumers&#39; studies, pilot farms and oenological studies among others; and took into account the existing national regulation on Organic Winemaking in some countries on the EU and private organizations&#39; standards;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;4. Conclusions:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although Organic Wine is considered in this new regulation, we&#39;re &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;still waiting for a code of best practices for organic wine production and labelling rules to pop out&lt;/span&gt; (pointing out, in my view, for until the end of 2010). Meanwhile, we&#39;ll have to continue labelling these wines &quot;Wine from Organic Grapes&quot; and &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;placing (or not) the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/eu-policy/logo_en&quot;&gt;EU&#39;s Logo for Organic Farming&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;in the bottles, which in my opinion (and in spite of the point (25) on page 3 of the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2007:189:0001:0023:EN:PDF&quot;&gt;new regulation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;) is misleading for the consumer&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;5. Hot issues (to cool up a bit):&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;I&#39;d say 2 small glasses of wine and that&#39;s it for you pal! But it&#39;s got to be dry and red, otherwise you&#39;ll &quot;OD&quot; sulphites before you even get… drunk?!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;1. One of the hottest seams to be the &quot;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;sulphites&lt;/span&gt; issue&quot;. Why?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a) &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;It is virtually impossible to produce wine without the natural occurrence of sulphites&lt;/span&gt; – the normal course of alcoholic fermentation requires among other elements, the phosphorous and the sulphur anions (adequate amounts are supplied by the grapes) – yeasts are able to reduce sulphate anions to sulphite (and on to others), and most strains produce in general 10 to 30mg/liter in normal conditions;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;b) &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;It is virtually impossible to produce wine (some types of wine and good wine) without any added SO2&lt;/span&gt; (Sulphur dioxide) – SO2 is a strong antioxidant agent with unique antioxidasic and antiseptic properties; its strong activity towards bacteria and its ability (in the form of bisulphite anion) to bound with acetaldehyde (forming an addition compound of limited volatility and odour) are unique (although sulphite may not be as inhibitory to native spoilage yeasts as once believed, it&#39;s still regarded as crucial to control spoilage LAB (lactic acid bacteria) in the prefermentation process). – &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;SO2 required amounts thru all the process of winemaking are dependent on a huge number of factors (very complex chemical reactions are to be taken into account); SO2&#39;s background on winemaking is virtually impossible to surpass in years to come; it&#39;s still one of the most studied oenological additives; its versatility and unique (so far) properties are difficult to surpass even with recent technology and other additives altogether&lt;/span&gt;; even the downsides of SO2 are vastly studied and documented (with microbiology, bio and organic chemistry playing the major roles on the stage of the oenological science).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;c) &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;If you take a close look at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inchem.org/documents/jecfa/jecmono/v042je06.htm&quot;&gt;WHO Food Additives - series 42&lt;/a&gt; report – SULFUR DIOXIDE AND SULFITES – International Programme on Chemical Safety by the World Health Organization, Geneva, 1999; Prepared by the Fifty-first meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) – &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;in short, this is what you&#39;ll see&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;COMMENTS AND EVALUATION&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Committee identified &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;two main issues in the toxicological evaluation of sulfites: general toxicity and idiosyncratic intolerance&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;(…)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;General toxicity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(…)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;The results of three assays for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genotoxicity&quot;&gt;genotoxicity&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;in vitro&lt;/span&gt; were reviewed, which confirmed the previously noted observation that sulfites are genotoxic &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;in vitro&lt;/span&gt; but &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;not &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;in vivo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;(…)&lt;br /&gt;Two studies of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teratogen&quot;&gt;teratogenicity&lt;/a&gt; involving dietary administration of sulfite were available: neither was completely satisfactory, as treatment did not cover the entire period of organogenesis. &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Maternal toxicity was demonstrated in both studies &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;at doses equivalent to 840 mg/kg bw per day of sulfur dioxide&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; equivalent or higher. &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;No teratogenic effects were noted at intakes up to this concentration&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;(…)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Idiosyncratic&lt;/span&gt; reactions in humans&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(…)&lt;br /&gt;A number of &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;human case studies were available in which &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;suspected hypersensitivity to sulfites based on adverse reactions to foods was confirmed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; by administration of single- or double-blind oral challenges with sulfites in solution or capsule form. &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;While many of the cases involved &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;individuals with chronic asthma&lt;/span&gt; whose response was primarily respiratory, a number of reports described adverse allergic-type responses in people without asthma, which did not involve respiratory symptoms. Some of these individuals had &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;chronic allergic conditions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;(…)&lt;br /&gt;The Committee reiterated the recommendation made at its thirtieth meeting (Annex 1, reference 73) that, &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;when a suitable alternative method of preservation exists, its use should be encouraged, particularly in those applications (&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;e.g. control of enzymic browning in fresh salad vegetables&lt;/span&gt;) in which the use of sulfites may lead to high levels of acute intake&lt;/span&gt; and which have &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;most commonly&lt;/span&gt; been &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;associated with life-threatening adverse reactions. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;The Committee considered that appropriate labelling would help in alerting individuals who cannot tolerate sulfites&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;d suggest &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;just keeping the labelling &quot;alert&quot; on OW as well&lt;/span&gt; (since risks are identified and the risk subsets of the population too, we must continue to act in compliance as matter of public health) &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;and reach a starting (&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;rational&lt;/span&gt;) consensus limit for sulphites on OW… &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;and go from there&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Dietary information and guidance should also reach and be available to consumers who should also be fully enlightened in respect to food additives (as sulphites), as well as to ADIs, MLs and others, and its actual meaning&lt;/span&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;The common consumer should be capable of understanding a food or a drink product label and integrating its content with his own dietary restrictions and needs&lt;/span&gt; (in respect either to ADIs or to RDIs); &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;he should also be capable of weighing sporadic abusive consumption of a food or a drink product with MLs of the substances (and additives) it&#39;s made of, and with his own tolerance towards them (that he should know in general and understand)&lt;/span&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;This is called health and welfare education and it is the opposite of generating alarm around a certain food or drink product because of the substances (and additives) it&#39;s made of; it can avoid severe damages to the food and drink industries and trade&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Don&#39;t what to ingest any sulphites at all? Consider a sulphite free diet (radical) and don&#39;t drink wine!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;I rest my case and look forward to your comments&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;2. Sugar enrichment (see it&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.orwine.org/default.asp?scheda=260&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;6. Warm issues:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;1. There are a few (sad ones) on the shelf:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ovalbumine (egg-white);&lt;br /&gt;Lactalbumin&lt;br /&gt;Casein&lt;br /&gt;Gelatin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;(See it also&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.orwine.org/default.asp?scheda=260&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;7. Some interesting calculations:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Facts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;If alcohol is consumed, limit intake to no more than 2 drinks (each containing 10g of alcohol) per day.&quot; &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.euro.who.int/Document/E79832.pdf&quot;&gt;Food based dietary guidelines in the WHO European Region (2003)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Average (male) adult weight&lt;/span&gt; – 70Kg&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;ADI for sulfites&lt;/span&gt; – 0-0.7mg/kg bw&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;ρ (ethanol)&lt;/span&gt; – 0.789 g/cm3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;EU limits on sulphites in dry red wine&lt;/span&gt; – 160mg/l&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;EU limits on sulphites in sweet white wine&lt;/span&gt; – 260mg/l&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1dl of wine with 12,5% to 13% alcohol by volume has 10g of alcohol;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An adult male should not exceed a 49mg SO2 per day intake.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;I&#39;d say 2 small (1dl) glasses of wine and that&#39;s it for you pal! But it&#39;s got to be dry and red (32mg of SO2), otherwise (52mg in a sweet white wine) you&#39;ll &quot;OD&quot; sulphites before you even get… drunk?!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;See &quot;Part II – Organic Wine on the US (an update of the situation)&quot; on the next post.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Glossary&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;ADI &lt;/span&gt;– Acceptable Daily Intake&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;bw &lt;/span&gt;– body weight&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;CMO &lt;/span&gt;– Common Market Organization&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;FAO &lt;/span&gt;– Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;GPR &lt;/span&gt;– Google Page Rank&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;JECFA &lt;/span&gt;– Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;ML &lt;/span&gt;– Maximum Limit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;OIV &lt;/span&gt;– Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;RDI &lt;/span&gt;– Recommended Daily Intake&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;WHO &lt;/span&gt;– World Health Organization&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Other recommended links&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Toxicological recommendations and information on specifications/1. Food additives and ingredients evaluated toxicologically or assessed for dietary exposure/Sulfites (Dietary exposure assessment) – &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.who.int/ipcs/food/jecfa/summaries/summary69.pdf&quot;&gt;Summary and Conclusions&lt;/a&gt; – Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives, Sixty-ninth meeting, Rome, Italy, 17-26 June 2008 – Pp.3-4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2009/9789241660600_eng.pdf&quot;&gt;WHO FOOD ADDITIVES SERIES: 60&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Safety evaluation of certain food additives&lt;/span&gt; – prepared by the sixty-ninth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;World Health Organization, Geneva, 2009, IPCS – International Programme on Chemical Safety&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://whqlibdoc.who.int/trs/WHO_TRS_952_eng.pdf&quot;&gt;WHO Technical Report Series no. 952&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Evaluation of certain food additives&lt;/span&gt;: sixty-ninth report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;World Health Organization, Geneva, 2009&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.who.int/ipcs/publications/training_poisons/basic_analytical_tox/en/index11.html&quot;&gt;Monographs&lt;/a&gt; – analytical and toxicological data (6.79 - 6.113)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://inchemsearch.ccohs.ca/inchem/jsp/search/search.jsp?serverSpec=bette.ccohs.ca%3A9920&amp;amp;inchemcasreg=0&amp;amp;SubColl=JECFA&amp;amp;QueryText=Sulfur+dioxide+and+sulfites&quot;&gt;JECFA – Monographs &amp;amp; Evaluations&lt;/a&gt;, (Query: &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Sulphur dioxide and sulphites&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Some recommended books&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470010347?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=coisdosvinh-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0470010347&quot;&gt;Handbook of Enology, Volume 1: The Microbiology of Wine and Vinifications (Volume 1, 2)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=coisdosvinh-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0470010347&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470010371?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=coisdosvinh-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0470010371&quot;&gt;Handbook of Enology, The Chemistry of Wine: Stabilization and Treatments (Volume 2, 2)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=coisdosvinh-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0470010371&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0412064111?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=coisdosvinh-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0412064111&quot;&gt;Principles and Practices of Winemaking (The Chapman &amp;amp; Hall Enology Library)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=coisdosvinh-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0412064111&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0412066017?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=coisdosvinh-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0412066017&quot;&gt;Winery Utilities: Planning, Design and Operation (Chapman &amp;amp; Hall Enology Library)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=coisdosvinh-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0412066017&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0412122219?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=coisdosvinh-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0412122219&quot;&gt;Winemaking: From Grape Growing to Marketplace (Chapman &amp;amp; Hall Enology Library)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=coisdosvinh-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0412122219&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0412982412?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=coisdosvinh-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0412982412&quot;&gt;Wine Analysis &amp;amp; Production (Chapman and Hall Enology Library)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=coisdosvinh-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0412982412&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0412066114?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=coisdosvinh-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0412066114&quot;&gt;Wine Microbiology (Chapman &amp;amp; Hall Enology Library)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=coisdosvinh-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0412066114&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1890132829?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=coisdosvinh-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1890132829&quot;&gt;The Grape Grower: A Guide to Organic Viticulture&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=coisdosvinh-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=1890132829&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0981032222?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=coisdosvinh-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0981032222&quot;&gt;The World&#39;s Top Organic Wines&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=coisdosvinh-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0981032222&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* &quot;The ownership of the various Biodynamic trademarks world-wide (Biodyn, “flower”, Stylised form of the word Demeter, and the new Demeter trademark logo) currently lies with the individual national owners.&quot; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:85%;&quot; &gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://demeter.net/standards/st_labelling_e08.pdf&quot;&gt;http://demeter.net/standards/st_labelling_e08.pdf&lt;/a&gt;, p.5;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Demeter is not an USDA Accredited Certifying Agent on Organic Farming. It&#39;s rather a cooperating partner of Stellar Certification Services Inc. which is an USDA Accredited Certifying Agent on Organic Farming (see it &lt;a href=&quot;http://newfarm.rodaleinstitute.org/ocdbt/displayCert.php?id=31#services&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;**Food and beverage;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;***The Commission decided to regulate OW on the Organic Farming regulations rather then on CMO/OIV regulations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/feeds/4247976708532693621/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6389200974424550497&amp;postID=4247976708532693621&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/4247976708532693621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/4247976708532693621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/05/organic-wines-update-on-situation-on-eu.html' title='Organic Wines – an update on the situation on the EU and the USA'/><author><name>Daniel Gonçalves Maia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13183580668408167795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/Sg4RggWD5SI/AAAAAAAAAsg/T4Rea3q23mI/s72-c/Organic+F+Word+Bottle.gif" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389200974424550497.post-1715302597705845443</id><published>2009-05-04T02:17:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2012-07-16T16:39:47.126+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Filmes"/><title type='text'>Bottle Shock – Duelo de Castas</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Du-e-lo-de-cas-tas??? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;What a shock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sinceramente, a tradução livre (i.e., em oposição a &quot;à letra&quot;) de &lt;a type=&quot;amzn&quot; search=&quot;Bottle Shock&quot; category=&quot;dvd&quot;&gt;&quot;Bottle Shock&quot;&lt;/a&gt; para português já é arrepiante q.b. mas, como se isso não &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;bastasse&lt;/span&gt;, os anúncios da estreia fazem-me lembrar &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;a problemática do minimercado de província&lt;/span&gt;: quando queremos comprar uma &quot;coisa esquisita&quot; (género, couves de Bruxelas com menos de 20 centímetros de diâmetro e que &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;não se pareçam mesmo com um repolho&lt;/span&gt;) é preciso… &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;encomendar&lt;/span&gt;. E depois, espera-se… espera-se mais uns dias e, então, finalmente, começa-se a &quot;ir ao engano&quot;… ou seja, afinal, quando é que estreia o filme &lt;a type=&quot;amzn&quot; search=&quot;Bottle Shock&quot; category=&quot;dvd&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Bottle Shock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (continuo &quot;na minha&quot; da versão original) em Portugal? E a antestreia? Houve mesmo antestreia?&lt;br /&gt;O DVD à venda há já não sei quanto tempo na Amazon.com; o dólar a preço de saldos; e eu a &quot;guardar-me&quot;… para &quot;o grande ecrã&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;Sinceramente, hoje senti-me uma virgem abandonada no altar e acho que estou prestes a ir para a... televisão com o primeiro DVD que me aparecer pela frente (nem que seja a versão eslovena não legendada, tipo alguns canais da ZON).&lt;br /&gt;Bem, para a Lusomundo o filme já estreou… mas parece-me que a Lusomundo vai ser a última a saber… a julgar pela actualização do &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lusomundo.pt/txt_geral.php?zona=filme&amp;amp;Gid=496&amp;amp;area=breve&quot;&gt;site&lt;/a&gt; e pela informação do &lt;a href=&quot;http://cinecartaz.publico.pt/emBreve.asp&quot;&gt;Público&lt;/a&gt;, do &lt;a href=&quot;http://aeiou.escape.expresso.pt/cartaz-cinema/bottle-shock-duelo-de-castas:14-479716&quot;&gt;Expresso&lt;/a&gt;, do blog &lt;a href=&quot;http://osfilmescinema.blogspot.com/search/label/Estreias%202009&quot;&gt;Os Filmes&lt;/a&gt;…&lt;br /&gt;Como forma de protesto* o blog associou-se à Amazon.com e até já tem publicidade aqui ao lado direito (→) – num blog de vinhos é recomendável pôr sempre &quot;a seta&quot; – exclusivamente dedicada à &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;compra importada&lt;/span&gt; do DVD de &lt;a type=&quot;amzn&quot; search=&quot;Bottle Shock&quot; category=&quot;dvd&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Bottle Shock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (e, como já reparou, eu até me dei ao trabalho* de criar &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;relevant text links&lt;/span&gt;)…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;fullpost&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://www.lusomundo.pt/images/cartazes/img/duelo_de_castas.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 197px; height: 285px;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.lusomundo.pt/images/cartazes/img/duelo_de_castas.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt;business is business&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/feeds/1715302597705845443/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6389200974424550497&amp;postID=1715302597705845443&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/1715302597705845443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/1715302597705845443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/05/bottle-shock-duelo-de-castas.html' title='Bottle Shock – Duelo de Castas'/><author><name>Daniel Gonçalves Maia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13183580668408167795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389200974424550497.post-6504581850494175351</id><published>2009-05-01T02:11:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2012-07-16T21:26:45.160+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Labels and Art"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Rótulos e Arte"/><title type='text'>Château Mouton Rothschild&#39;s Labels and Artists</title><content type='html'>Château Mouton Rothschild needs no introduction; however, given the subject it should be said that it was the first company (at least on Bordeaux) estate bottling and labelling the entire harvest – since 1924; and that back in 1945 Baron Philippe de Rothschild decided to dedicate the vintage to &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;l&#39;Année de la Victoire&lt;/span&gt; (the year of the Victory) and commissioned Philippe Jullian (a local illustrator) to produce a graphic design based on the &quot;V&quot; sign made famous by Winston Churchill during the war – with the 1945 label the company began this new concept of having each year a different artist creating an original illustration for its vintage of Château Mouton Rothschild.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Consequently, Château Mouton Rothschild has a unique portfolio of art behind its labels (&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Dali&lt;/span&gt; – 1958; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Roberto Matta&lt;/span&gt; – 1962; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Miró&lt;/span&gt; – 1969; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Chagall&lt;/span&gt; – 1970; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Kandinsky&lt;/span&gt; – 1971; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Picasso&lt;/span&gt; – 1973; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Andy Warhol&lt;/span&gt; – 1975; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Riopelle&lt;/span&gt; – 1978; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Francis Bacon&lt;/span&gt; – 1990; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Tàpies&lt;/span&gt; – 1995 and &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Lucian Freud&lt;/span&gt; – 2006; to name just a few of the most known)…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed style=&quot;width: 438px; height: 633px;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/5/1323866/cmr.swf&quot; quality=&quot;best&quot; bgcolor=&quot;#f7f0e9&quot; scale=&quot;Scale&quot; salign=&quot;TL&quot; flashvars=&quot;playerMode=embedded&quot; align=&quot;middle&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;fullpost&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;…and has probably made the sheep the most expensively drawn farm animal ever! You see, in French &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;mouton&lt;/span&gt; means sheep, not cheap!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;See all about Château Mouton Rothschild&#39;s Labels and Artists (1945/2004) in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theartistlabels.com/index.html&quot;&gt;The Artist Labels&lt;/a&gt; (interacts with Wikipedia in a quite simple way)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See all about Château Mouton Rothschild in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bpdr.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.bpdr.com&lt;/a&gt; and also on &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_Mouton_Rothschild&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See all on Guiseppe Penone (2005 label) in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Penone&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See all on Lucian Freud (2006 label) in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucian_Freud&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/feeds/6504581850494175351/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6389200974424550497&amp;postID=6504581850494175351&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/6504581850494175351'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/6504581850494175351'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/05/chateau-mouton-rothschilds-labels-and.html' title='Château Mouton Rothschild&#39;s Labels and Artists'/><author><name>Daniel Gonçalves Maia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13183580668408167795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389200974424550497.post-9181762860186792296</id><published>2009-04-14T08:00:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2012-07-16T16:46:04.528+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Media"/><title type='text'>Wine Blog Rank</title><content type='html'>&lt;embed style=&quot;width: 438px; height: 288px;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/5/1323866/wb_r.swf&quot; allowscriptaccess=”always” quality=&quot;best&quot; bgcolor=&quot;#000000&quot; scale=&quot;Scale&quot; salign=&quot;TL&quot; flashvars=&quot;playerMode=embedded&quot; align=&quot;middle&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Okay, I&#39;m not going to say I didn&#39;t notice because it is too obvious… &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;not that it bothers me… I mean, I&#39;m not thinking of it all the time or anything… &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:78%;&quot;&gt;okay, my GPR changed from 3 to 0, so what? It&#39;s not that important…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;Whyyy Larryyy??? Whyyy Sergeyyy???&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, I decided to create a new page rank system… and spent the last three weeks developing a pioneering page rank algorithm. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;In fact, I created a Wine Blog Rank (&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;WBR&lt;/span&gt;) algorithm so advanced that it is virtually impossible to understand (almost as impossible as Google&#39;s).&lt;/span&gt; I designed it for wine blogs only and focused on those bloggers who so unfairly suffered from this dreadful experience (I&#39;m currently working to provide a free phone line for psychological support, meanwhile, just please try to relieve your grieve in the comments&#39; section… &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;it will sure relive mine…&lt;/span&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;Easy steps to see &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;your WBR&lt;/span&gt; displaying &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;in your own wine blog&lt;/span&gt; in just a few seconds:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. How many WBR widgets do you see bellow? Bellow, please (↓).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed style=&quot;width: 152px; height: 100px;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/5/1323866/wb_r.swf&quot; quality=&quot;best&quot; bgcolor=&quot;#000000&quot; scale=&quot;Scale&quot; salign=&quot;TL&quot; flashvars=&quot;playerMode=embedded&quot; align=&quot;middle&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a) 1? – That is correct, you can proceed.&lt;br /&gt;b) 2 or more? – Very well! That is also correct. You can proceed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Just copy/paste the html code below into your wine blog&#39;s home page as you&#39;d do with any other widget (&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;it may not work properly if you don&#39;t paste it in the homepage&lt;/span&gt;) and I assure you it will automatically adjust to your wine blog, displaying your WBR. It goes from 0 to 10, just like GPR!!! Cool, ha?!&lt;br /&gt;In my case it happened to display 10… go figure! Due to complicated algorithm… stuff… and links and web… things and robots.txt, etc., etc., etc. … it is not possible to see it differently until you paste it into your own blog (provided your rank is different, of course).&lt;br /&gt;Additionally, if you want it more discreet (yap, smaller) just change the &quot;px&quot; part!!! (But keep the w/h ratio!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;embed style=&quot;width: 380px; height: 250px;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/5/1323866/wb_r.swf&quot; quality=&quot;best&quot; bgcolor=&quot;#000000&quot; scale=&quot;Scale&quot; salign=&quot;TL&quot; flashvars=&quot;playerMode=embedded&quot; align=&quot;middle&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/embed&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;What does it mean?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. It means I didn&#39;t sober up from this huge disaster.&lt;br /&gt;2. It also means you didn&#39;t.&lt;br /&gt;3. It provides a solidarity bond* in a new community, etc., etc., etc. …&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;What&#39;s in it for me?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. It provides solidarity bound...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...Okay! I&#39;ll link to your blog! &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Although I&#39;m not sure you&#39;re interested…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:78%;&quot;&gt;*it &quot;bonds&quot; to my blog.&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/feeds/9181762860186792296/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6389200974424550497&amp;postID=9181762860186792296&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/9181762860186792296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/9181762860186792296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/04/wine-blog-rank.html' title='Wine Blog Rank'/><author><name>Daniel Gonçalves Maia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13183580668408167795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389200974424550497.post-1735586718668450273</id><published>2009-03-16T08:00:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-07-16T17:06:31.980+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Comentário à Imprensa"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Denominações de Origem"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Opinião"/><title type='text'>Vinho do Tejo…</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;… mas isso… não estará a meter água?!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/Sb3QVgWxb8I/AAAAAAAAAqo/VGqeEjorK50/s1600-h/manifetacao.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 252px;&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/Sb3QVgWxb8I/AAAAAAAAAqo/VGqeEjorK50/s400/manifetacao.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313632203248332738&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Manifestação &quot;Um Vinho Regional Snoopy&quot; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;–&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt; imagem captada pela câmara fotográfica do &quot;Coisas dos Vinhos&quot; na baixa pombalina &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;já&lt;/span&gt; no século passado&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parece que não sou o único a achar que sim. Pelo menos, a julgar pela notícia (de 2 de Março), conforme no site da CONFAGRI, e que é como se segue mas, antes, quero comentar a parte cómica…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Parte cómica&lt;/span&gt; (desde já sugiro ao leitor que acrescente &quot;denominação&quot; em &quot;a de origem&quot;, porque assim é que é):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;(...) A decisão baseou-se também num levantamento que concluiu que já no século XIX surgiam referências aos vinhos da bacia e do litoral do Tejo, sendo a de origem de vinhos do Ribatejo e Ribatejanos formalmente registada por legislação de 2000, escreve o Público.&quot; &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; CONFAGRI&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Já quase não me apetece comentar mas, sinta-se em casa…&lt;br /&gt;Quer dizer, 5 anos como IPR (Indicação de Proveniência Regulamentada); estudos, recursos humanos e financeiros, ou seja, trabalho árduo e tempo perdido para aí chegar e 9 anos depois, como DOC (Denominação de Origem Controlada), e, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;agora&lt;/span&gt;, encontram-se &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;argumentos&lt;/span&gt;… &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;do século XIX&lt;/span&gt;…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Parte muito cómica&lt;/span&gt; (a negrito):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;… num levantamento que concluiu que &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;já&lt;/span&gt; no século XIX surgiam &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;referências&lt;/span&gt; aos vinhos da bacia e do litoral do Tejo&quot;… &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; CONFAGRI&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conto com o seu comentário.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;fullpost&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Os vitivinicultores da região do Ribatejo estão descontentes com a possível alteração das designações de origem geográfica dos vinhos produzidos na área do distrito de Santarém de “Ribatejo” para “Tejo”, com alguns produtores a defenderem que trata-se apenas de uma estratégia de marketing que vai descaracterizar a identidade dos vinhos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Comissão Vitivinícola Regional Tejo (CVRT) tem uma opinião diferente, pois recorda que a proposta foi aprovada pelos representantes dos produtores e que a designação “Tejo” tem muito maior reconhecimento como marca do que as alternativas “Ribatejo” ou “Ribatejano”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A polémica surgiu em Fevereiro, durante um workshop sobre restauração e produtos regionais promovido pela autarquia de Santarém, onde a CVRT explicou que a mudança resultou da vontade dos produtores, no entanto, alguns participantes criticaram a medida, sublinhando que fará perder anos de promoção dos vinhos do Ribatejo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Um agricultor e agrónomo da região considera que vinhos ribatejanos afastados do Tejo dificilmente poderão ser relacionados com a nova designação e que «qualquer campanha vai ter dificuldades para associar valores importantíssimos decorrentes da identidade que o Ribatejo inquestionavelmente tem», e que esta decisão pode «vir a ser entendida pelos mercados como falta de convicção pela qualidade da produção», diz o produtor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O presidente da CVRT, José Pinto Gaspar, salienta que a resolução de «alterar a indicação geográfica para “Tejo” foi aprovada no final de Agosto, pelo conselho-geral da Comissão, composta por 16 associações, entre elas as do Ribatejo e da Rota do Vinho do Ribatejo, as adegas de Almeirim, Cartaxo e da Gouxa e a Viticartaxo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A decisão baseou-se também num levantamento que concluiu que já no século XIX surgiam referências aos vinhos da bacia e do litoral do Tejo, sendo a de origem de vinhos do Ribatejo e Ribatejanos formalmente registada por legislação de 2000, escreve o Público.&quot; &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.confagri.pt/NR/exeres/45600849-B6EB-4A58-826B-B952ECC2B823.htm&quot;&gt;CONFAGRI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/feeds/1735586718668450273/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6389200974424550497&amp;postID=1735586718668450273&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/1735586718668450273'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/1735586718668450273'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/03/vinho-do-tejo_16.html' title='Vinho do Tejo…'/><author><name>Daniel Gonçalves Maia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13183580668408167795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/Sb3QVgWxb8I/AAAAAAAAAqo/VGqeEjorK50/s72-c/manifetacao.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389200974424550497.post-8375801297785932944</id><published>2009-03-10T08:00:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-07-16T16:51:32.060+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Provas de Vinhos"/><title type='text'>O Vinho no Feminino…</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;… é mais brilhante, mais perfumado, mais doce, mais… alegre…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Em jeito de assinalar o Dia Internacional da Mulher, deixo-lhe hoje uma prova hedónica… por &quot;elas&quot;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/SbX2YoX-jiI/AAAAAAAAAqY/w5daYjFQtio/s1600-h/elas.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;&quot; src=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/SbX2YoX-jiI/AAAAAAAAAqY/w5daYjFQtio/s400/elas.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311422238568648226&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Braga, 6 de Março de 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se bem me lembro, as impressões mais consensuais foram: &quot;frutado&quot; e &quot;seco&quot;. Não houve, contudo, cuidados especiais com a prova, bebeu-se mais a companhia e das conversas e o vinho foi uma presença quase silenciosa, como uma companhia que se faz notar mais na sua ausência...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A presente prova é pois &quot;delas&quot; e para &quot;elas&quot; especialmente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por mim e, por hoje, nada escrevo a esse propósito, prometendo, apenas, voltar em breve a este vinho, nesta e noutras colheitas, porque creio que merece alguns esclarecimentos, enfim, coisas dos vinhos, que hoje não cabem aqui, mas que são dignas de nota (de prova e não só).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comemos &quot;italiano&quot; e cada um de nós comeu o que realmente lhe apeteceu (pizas, massas, escalopes de vitela, entre outras coisas e alguns ataques ao prato do &quot;próximo&quot; …) e estava tudo muito bom! (Só não digo onde foi o jantar porque, como diz o &quot;outro&quot; &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;business is business&lt;/span&gt;…).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ah, é verdade, este painel não é profissional (ainda) mas está familiarizado com o acto de beber (e provar) vinho, pelo que ousei pedir uma &quot;nota&quot; (enfim, um número que traduzisse o grau de satisfação com que &quot;elas&quot; beberam este vinho, por comparação com anteriores, só isso, o que já é muito e um excelente exercício).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obrigado Sónia, obrigado Né e obrigado Sara!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;fullpost&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Prova Hedónica - IV&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/SbX8dSAd33I/AAAAAAAAAqg/3mx8dHsE2dk/s1600-h/chamine.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 52px; height: 200px;&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/SbX8dSAd33I/AAAAAAAAAqg/3mx8dHsE2dk/s200/chamine.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311428915533569906&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Cortes de Cima, Chaminé, tinto, 2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De forma prática e numa escala de 0 a 100 (ou de 50 a 100, considerando que não há defeitos):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Daniel Gonçalves Maia&lt;/span&gt;: n/a;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Painel&lt;/span&gt;: 72 pontos;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Barómetro&lt;/span&gt;: até agora, sem resultados (remeta a sua pontuação ao Blog &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:danielgoncalvesmaia@gmail.com&quot;&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/feeds/8375801297785932944/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6389200974424550497&amp;postID=8375801297785932944&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/8375801297785932944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/8375801297785932944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/03/o-vinho-no-feminino.html' title='O Vinho no Feminino…'/><author><name>Daniel Gonçalves Maia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13183580668408167795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/SbX2YoX-jiI/AAAAAAAAAqY/w5daYjFQtio/s72-c/elas.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389200974424550497.post-349204396367889684</id><published>2009-03-06T08:00:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-07-16T16:54:48.794+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Media"/><title type='text'>It is in fact revolutionary…</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;… the advertising, I mean!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The all idea, the production, the actors, the site, its concept, graphics… Well done! You all deserve the link… even USB Wine…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;fullpost&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height=&quot;344&quot; width=&quot;425&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/N7j8LnBvlp0&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/N7j8LnBvlp0&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; height=&quot;344&quot; width=&quot;425&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usbwine.com/&quot;&gt;USB Wine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zs2creative.com/&quot;&gt;Zs2 Creative&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.1jour1vin.com/fr&quot;&gt;1jour1vin.com - Ventes Privées de vin en Direct des Domaines&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wondering how I dug this? See the previous post… I think you&#39;ll get the picture… (LOL)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/feeds/349204396367889684/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6389200974424550497&amp;postID=349204396367889684&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/349204396367889684'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/349204396367889684'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/03/it-is-in-fact-revolutionary.html' title='It is in fact revolutionary…'/><author><name>Daniel Gonçalves Maia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13183580668408167795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389200974424550497.post-8838426960102958949</id><published>2009-03-05T08:00:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-07-16T17:05:21.586+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Denominações de Origem"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Opinião"/><title type='text'>No, you can&#39;t!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;… or at least, you shouldn&#39;t…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;À publicação &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/02/non-port.html&quot;&gt;Non Port... therefore the different Apellattion&lt;/a&gt;&quot; segue-se esta, em português, mas a contar, igualmente, com um leitor (quase) bilingue. Publico a &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;sam&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;espertice&lt;/span&gt; dos nossos &quot;aliados&quot; na forma de contra-rótulo de uma garrafa de vinho fortificado.&lt;br /&gt;Por cá (leia-se &quot;na Europa&quot;), seria reprovado (sem pestanejar) por qualquer comissão vitivinícola e, em caso de transgressão, daria &quot;direito&quot; a processo-crime. Por lá (leia-se &quot;EUA&quot;), aparentemente, não…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A alusão à palavra &quot;Port&quot; no &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;rótulo&lt;/span&gt; deste vinho fortificado é inteligente (uma alusão informática às portas USB, &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;USB port&lt;/span&gt;) e poderá (e terá de) ser entendida como desprovida de nexo ou de  intencionalidade (basta tratar-se de uma marca, sigla, ou as duas, por exemplo…), no entanto, para o &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;contra-rótulo&lt;/span&gt;, a intenção (&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;fill in the blanks&lt;/span&gt;) é demasiado óbvia e abusiva. A questão de fundo prende-se com a salvaguarda destas situações (da &quot;palavra explícita&quot; e, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;pelo menos&lt;/span&gt;, da palavra &quot;abusivamente implícita&quot;) num acordo que me parece (porque o li e analisei nas &quot;duas&quot; formas, a da &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/&quot;&gt;CE&lt;/a&gt; e a do &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ttb.gov/&quot;&gt;TTB&lt;/a&gt;) não se coadunar com &quot;trapaças&quot; entre Estados que acredito de bom-nome e estarem cooperantes e de boa-fé nesta matéria.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;fullpost&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A única questão adicional a que importa aqui aludir com respeito a uma possível violação do &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/Notice.do?val=424272%3Acs&amp;amp;lang=pt&amp;amp;list=488632%3Acs%2C488192%3Acs%2C432094%3Acs%2C432092%3Acs%2C424272%3Acs%2C423213%3Acs%2C423212%3Acs%2C422842%3Acs%2C417475%3Acs%2C276787%3Acs%2C&amp;amp;pos=5&amp;amp;page=1&amp;amp;nbl=48&amp;amp;pgs=10&amp;amp;hwords=&amp;amp;checktexte=checkbox&amp;amp;visu=&quot;&gt;acordo de 10 de Março de 2006&lt;/a&gt; prende-se com o seu &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Ponto 2 do Artigo 6.º do TÍTULO III&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;DISPOSIÇÕES ESPECÍFICAS&lt;/span&gt;); a tratar-se de um vinho fortificado cujo &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;COLA&lt;/span&gt; (Certificate of Label Approval) tenha sido emitido antes de 10 de Março de 2006, esta questão não se coloca nem seria sequer necessária esta &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;sam&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;espertice&lt;/span&gt; (a palavra &quot;Port&quot; poderia estar incluída explicitamente no rótulo e/ou contra-rótulo) tratando-se, assim, tudo isto, de, apenas, uma operação de marketing (engenhosa) feita a pensar no &quot;futuro&quot; de futuros vinhos fortificados (da mesma empresa ou não), contando com a &quot;conexão&quot; das palavras e com a sua subsequente &quot;substituição&quot; pelo consumidor… mas tudo isto dependerá do COLA deste vinho fortificado ter sido emitido antes da referida data, o que, aparentemente, não é o caso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para mim, trata-se de uma forma grave e abusiva encontrada por uma empresa norte-americana (Peltier Station) para contornar um acordo bilateral que &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;peca por não contemplar explicitamente estas situações&lt;/span&gt; e que poderá encontrar &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;feedback&lt;/span&gt; noutras empresas norte-americanas e contar futuramente com a &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;conivência legal&lt;/span&gt; do TTB (porque, a haver boa-fé, é no mínimo estranho que não tenha ainda intervindo ao abrigo de um acordo que tanto trabalho deu). &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Repito&lt;/span&gt;, contudo, que tudo isto dependerá da data de emissão do COLA. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Não obstante, também aqui o acordo peca por permitir o uso de algumas Denominações de Origem de Estados da UE para certificados (COLA) emitidos (pelo TTB a empresas norte-americanas ou de países terceiros) anteriormente à data da sua assinatura. Qualquer expressão (do género &quot;tipo Porto&quot;) era preferível para estes casos (que deveriam ser analisados individualmente, ponderando o impacto económico gerado na empresa em causa por esta alteração à lei; a antiguidade do uso (que não deixaria de ter sido &quot;abuso&quot;) e outras circunstâncias). Tudo isto, contudo, deveria ser transitório*…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por último, não posso deixar de fazer um comentário a estas tentativas desesperadas, por parte das empresas de vinhos norte-americanas, de agarrar um nome (que muito bem sabem e entendem ser uma DO) que não é delas, reprovando esta forma de estar, que nada tem de concordante com as matérias sucessivamente mais complexas que têm aprovado, internamente e externamente, para proteger as suas (DO).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A estes propósitos, deixo-lhe, ainda, uma pequena resenha histórica sobre as mais recentes negociações para este acordo, conforme publicado no site &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/Result.do?direct=yes&amp;amp;lang=pt&amp;amp;col=GRP_CITATION&amp;amp;value=22006A0324%2801%29&amp;amp;whereihm=Actos%20citados:%2022006A0324%2801%29&quot;&gt;EUR-Lex&lt;/a&gt;, porque, no fundo, são mais de &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;20&lt;/span&gt; anos de negociações… e o acordo, propriamente dito (em versão portuguesa/bilingue):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/Notice.do?val=424272%3Acs&amp;amp;lang=pt&amp;amp;list=488632%3Acs%2C488192%3Acs%2C432094%3Acs%2C432092%3Acs%2C424272%3Acs%2C423213%3Acs%2C423212%3Acs%2C422842%3Acs%2C417475%3Acs%2C276787%3Acs%2C&amp;amp;pos=5&amp;amp;page=1&amp;amp;nbl=48&amp;amp;pgs=10&amp;amp;hwords=&amp;amp;checktexte=checkbox&amp;amp;visu=&quot;&gt;Acordo entre a Comunidade Europeia e os Estados Unidos da América sobre o comércio de vinhos&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; EUR-Lex&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;*&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:85%;&quot; &gt;COLA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;, designa um Certificate of Label Approval (certificado de aprovação de rótulo) ou um Certificate of Exemption from Label Approval (certificado de isenção de aprovação de rótulo) emitido pelo Governo dos EUA na sequência da aprovação de um pedido de certificação ou de isenção de certificação de um rótulo ou de uma garrafa, em conformidade com as disposições legislativas e regulamentares federais dos EUA, e abrange o conjunto dos rótulos aprovados para aposição &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;&quot; &gt;permanente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt; numa garrafa de vinho;&quot; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:85%;&quot; &gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt; EUR-Lex&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;A &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;garrafa de USB:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/Sa8KrHuXpSI/AAAAAAAAApo/0iS_XQGFivo/s1600-h/FAW.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 117px; height: 284px;&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/Sa8KrHuXpSI/AAAAAAAAApo/0iS_XQGFivo/s400/FAW.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309474221617292578&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Garrafa de &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;FAW&lt;/span&gt; (Fortified American Wine – designação oficial adoptada pelo Coisas dos Vinhos); 100% Zinfandel (casta); Appellation (Denominação de Origem) – Lodi;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;O texto em contra-rótulo:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;U&lt;/span&gt;nited &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;S&lt;/span&gt;tates &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;B&lt;/span&gt;ureau for trade signed an im____ant agreement with the European Union to protect ____ugal&#39;s geographical indication of this type of wine. Our &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;U&lt;/span&gt;nidentified &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;S&lt;/span&gt;ecret &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;B&lt;/span&gt;rand is therefore no mystery wine. Be the &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;U&lt;/span&gt;ltimate &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;S&lt;/span&gt;avvy &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;B&lt;/span&gt;uyer by including our &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;USB&lt;/span&gt; ____ in your ____folio of wines. PS... Petltier Station Winery mission accomplished.&quot; &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; peltierstation.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/feeds/8838426960102958949/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6389200974424550497&amp;postID=8838426960102958949&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/8838426960102958949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/8838426960102958949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/03/no-you-cant.html' title='No, you can&#39;t!'/><author><name>Daniel Gonçalves Maia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13183580668408167795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bRuC84o_o2Q/Sa8KrHuXpSI/AAAAAAAAApo/0iS_XQGFivo/s72-c/FAW.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389200974424550497.post-944892333823288008</id><published>2009-03-02T08:00:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-07-16T17:10:31.319+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Comentário à Imprensa"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Denominações de Origem"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Opinião"/><title type='text'>Vinho do Tejo…</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;… mas, isso não é… Água?!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se, por um lado, é comum as &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Regiões&lt;/span&gt; &quot;herdarem&quot; o nome dos rios que as &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;rompem&lt;/span&gt;, por outro, este nome… é mau… (e apostar 1,3 milhões de euros neste &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;neoregional&lt;/span&gt; parece-me pouco para o que se pretende, sendo que me parece que o que se pretende não tem interesse nenhum).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Sem querer ser cáustico, sinceramente, não acredito nesta limpeza nem sei o que é que anda tão sujo para necessitar de tanto asseio…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pergunto-me como será ao certo a denominação: Vinho do Tejo, Vinho Regional do Tejo ou Vinho Regional Tejo?&lt;br /&gt;A notícia (de 17 de Fevereiro), conforme no site da CONFAGRI, é como se segue:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;O Vinho Regional Ribatejano vai adoptar a designação &quot;Tejo&quot;, uma marca que os produtores acreditam ser mais fácil afirmar, sobretudo no mercado internacional, disse ontem à agência Lusa o secretário-geral da Comissão Vitivinícola Regional (CVR) do Ribatejo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conto com o seu comentário.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;fullpost&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;João Silvestre disse à Lusa que a decisão de alterar a designação da marca foi tomada num Conselho Geral da CVR, onde têm assento os principais produtores da região, no Verão passado, depois de um estudo de mercado que indicou a designação &quot;Tejo&quot; como sendo a que traria mais notoriedade, tanto a nível nacional como internacional.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A portaria que concretiza a mudança «está em vias de ser publicada», aguardando a CVR Ribatejo pela sua publicação para arrancar com uma campanha de promoção da marca, da ordem dos 1,3 milhões de euros, disse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A campanha terá por alvos os mercados nacional, europeu e fora da Europa, incidindo neste caso em quatro países, como o  Brasil, China, Rússia e Angola, e passará por participação em feiras e por convites a importadores e jornalistas especializados para que visitem a região onde o &quot;Tejo&quot; é produzido.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A nova designação visa «limpar a imagem não muito positiva» que os vinhos ribatejanos tinham no mercado nacional, uma imagem que vem do passado, duma altura em que o vinho da região era vendido a granel, e que ignora a «grande evolução ocorrida sobretudo na última década», afirmou.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por outro lado, o nome &quot;ribatejano&quot; é de «pronúncia difícil e demasiado grande» para entrar com facilidade no mercado externo, enquanto &quot;Tejo&quot; é «muito mais fácil de dizer e traz uma associação à região», disse João Silvestre, frisando que as regiões produtoras de vinhos estão geralmente associadas à presença de um grande rio, que acaba por ser um elemento identificador da região, como é o caso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Segundo disse, a nova direcção da CVR Ribatejo está a fazer uma «aposta forte» na promoção e na simplificação do processo burocrático que permite a certificação dos vinhos, frisando que em 2008 se registou um crescimento de 15 por cento de certificações, afirmando que o objectivo «é, em cinco anos, duplicar o número de certificações», que em 2008 foi de 9,3 milhões de garrafas».&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Em Janeiro, o número de certificações cresceu 20 por cento em relação ao mês homólogo de 2008 e há ainda por cativar muitos produtores que não certificam os seus vinhos de mesa, adiantou.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na área abrangida pela CVR Ribatejo existem actualmente cerca de 60 produtores activos com vinhos classificados, sete deles adegas cooperativas, afirmou.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A área de vinha da região é de 19 mil hectares, registando-se um decréscimo nos últimos anos, devido ao abandono das castas de menos qualidade e à saída de actividade dos produtores mais velhos, acrescentou.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Em contrapartida, há novos produtores e produtores a apostarem na inovação e na qualidade, como a Quinta da Alorna, Casal Branco e Fiúza, em Almeirim; Lagoalva, de Alpiarça; Vale d&#39;Algares, Cartaxo; Encosta do Sobral, Tomar; Casal Coelheira, em Abrantes; Companhia das Lezírias, de Benavente e as cooperativas de Cartaxo e Almeirim são alguns exemplos de vinhos com aceitação no mercado, alguns deles premiados, tanto a nível nacional como internacional.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.confagri.pt/Noticias/Nacionais/noticia26567.htm&quot;&gt;CONFAGRI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/feeds/944892333823288008/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6389200974424550497&amp;postID=944892333823288008&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/944892333823288008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/944892333823288008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/03/vinho-do-tejo.html' title='Vinho do Tejo…'/><author><name>Daniel Gonçalves Maia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13183580668408167795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389200974424550497.post-7285695348600912733</id><published>2009-02-28T08:00:00.002Z</published><updated>2012-07-16T17:11:50.591+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Filmes"/><title type='text'>Bottle Shock em Portugal! IUPIII!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&quot;Podem dizer-me em que data estreia o &quot;bottle shock&quot; em portugal?&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esta questão é colocada por uma leitora... em Outubro do ano passado. Após árduas incursões pela web em Novembro de 2008 (e alguns email sem resposta depois), cheguei a pensar que a película era demasiado curta para alcançar o Portugal... Vinhateiro e que o DVD seria a única ponte de prazer entre o filme e os enófilos nacionais (entretanto, já circulam na web legendas para a versão “P” em divX... e não é um “P” só de “portuguesa”). No entanto, hoje (só hoje e 4 meses depois, eu sei) e, sem saber muito bem como, consegui a resposta.&lt;br /&gt;Se peca por tardar, desculpo-me e... lamento-me! (Uma notícia destas!? Só para mim???)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;fullpost&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;Bottle Shock &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://www.lusomundo.pt/images/cartazes/img/bottle_shock.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 192px; height: 285px;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.lusomundo.pt/images/cartazes/img/bottle_shock.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estreia a 30 de Abril de 2009 nos cinemas em Portugal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lusomundo.pt/txt_geral.php?zona=filme&amp;amp;Gid=496&amp;amp;area=breve&quot;&gt;Image source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:large;&quot;&gt;Bilhetes para a ante-estreia??? Huummm... pode ser se “arranje”... se houver um comentário original...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/feeds/7285695348600912733/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6389200974424550497&amp;postID=7285695348600912733&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/7285695348600912733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/7285695348600912733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/02/bottle-shock-em-portugal-iupiii.html' title='Bottle Shock em Portugal! IUPIII!!!'/><author><name>Daniel Gonçalves Maia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13183580668408167795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389200974424550497.post-6982368013818053275</id><published>2009-02-27T08:00:00.002Z</published><updated>2012-07-16T18:53:11.768+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Books"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Media"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Opinion"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Wine Appellations"/><title type='text'>Non Port...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;... therefore the different Apellattion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Good Dr.,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just noticed your contest “&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.drvino.com/2009/02/24/port-by-another-name-the-finalists-vote-now/&quot;&gt;Port by another name&lt;/a&gt;&quot; and enjoyed it very much, especially the “Corto” approach (hilarious), however, do please allow me to add a few suggestions:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1st. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Nichtport&lt;/span&gt; – I think it&#39;s a great name (if read in German it sounds powerful) although I honestly don&#39;t think it will do the job, I mean, besides the “Port” word being part of the name, the “Nieport” company could regard it as abusive because of the similarity of sounds, nevertheless, it sure deserves trying;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;fullpost&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2nd. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;D&#39;ryharder&lt;/span&gt; – it could become of use for Californian Port importers, reflecting a possible need for the wines, added by the snobbish “t” (implicit) so typical of the British accent (needles to say, “Porto” has always been rather an English business...);&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3rd. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;SH&lt;/span&gt; – as in “Stop Hitchhiking”;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4th. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;FWC&lt;/span&gt; (Fortified Wine from California) or, if you want to, you could change it for FCW (Fortified Californian Wine) – it sounds better this way, but it still doesn&#39;t cover other American Regions;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last but not least (and I think we may have a winner on this one... but you got to focus on the question):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Question&lt;/span&gt;: “What should we call port-style, fortified wine made in America?”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5th. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Answer&lt;/span&gt;: Fortified American Wine (100% or 85% AVA “x”) – &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;FAW&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;You see, “Port” is not a style&lt;/span&gt;*&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;, it is an Appellation of Origin&lt;/span&gt;**&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do however wonder... Lisbon???&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt;*Its styles are: Ruby, Tawny and White;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;**The Região Demarcada do Douro (Demarcated Region of Douro) is so unique that allready in 1756 needed to be officialy demarcated and regulated; even prior, its reputation had allready spread worlwide and grown strong, mainly due to this fortified wine, the Port Wine. Port Wine has ever since been subjected to rules and legislation that prevent its quality to decrease: its production and selling are still respectively restrictied to the best slopes and/or parts of the RDD and to complex laws and organismes that prevent unbalanced offer/demand situations (thus kepping its very high quality standards) and keep a full track of every &quot;drop&quot; produced or sold (and how it was produced and who bought it... you could almost say &quot;drunk it&quot;).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt;Recommended book&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Port-Douro-Faber-Books-Wine/dp/0571195229&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt;Port and the Douro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt; (by Richard Mayson on Amazon)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt;Recommended site&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ivp.pt/index.asp?idioma=1&amp;amp;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt;Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt; (en)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/feeds/6982368013818053275/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6389200974424550497&amp;postID=6982368013818053275&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/6982368013818053275'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6389200974424550497/posts/default/6982368013818053275'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://danielgoncalvesmaia.blogspot.com/2009/02/non-port.html' title='Non Port...'/><author><name>Daniel Gonçalves Maia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13183580668408167795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>