The World of Wine: Open to wow
By Neil Beckett | March 22 2021
One of WOW s six museums: Planet Cork, developed with insight from leading cork supplier Amorim. All photography courtesy of World of Wine
A major new cultural district in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, dedicated to wine, opened in summer, 2020, making the World Heritage City an even more irresistible destination for wine lovers.
Adrian Bridge does not scare easily. And certainly he has to his credit a long string of successes, stretching back to Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, to give him confidence: Sword of Honour winner, conqueror of Everest more than once, and Chief Executive Officer of The Fladgate Partnership, which he has expanded to include not only Taylor’s and Fonseca, but Croft and Delaforce Port, as well as three of Portugal’s finest hotels, The Yeatman, The Vintage House, and Hotel Infante Sagres. But even such a serial high achiever might have been daunted by the prospec
The World of Wine: Open to wow
A major new cultural district in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, dedicated to wine, opened over the summer, making the World Heritage City an even more irresistible destination for wine lovers. Neil Beckett reports
Adrian Bridge does not scare easily. And certainly he has to his credit a long string of successes, stretching back to Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, to give him confidence: Sword of Honour winner, conqueror of Everest more than once, and Chief Executive Officer of The Fladgate Partnership, which he has expanded to include not only Taylor’s and Fonseca, but Croft and Delaforce Port, as well as three of Portugal’s finest hotels, The Yeatman, The Vintage House, and Hotel Infante Sagres. But even such a serial high achiever might have been daunted by the prospect of opening a major new cultural complex in Vila Nova de Gaia including six museums, nine restaurants, bars, and cafés, and several shops in the middle of a global pandemic that woul