The Costa's have a cloth shop in Margao and celebrate the orlim Feast once a year with a dance on their front grounds on their spread in Orlim.
Gabe On 13 August 2018 at 16:45, Frederick Noronha <[email protected]> wrote: > Not sure I know the answer, but Roland's query prompted me to do some > Googling. This is what I came across in a hurried search: > > +++ > > Wine, spirits and cocktails to try on your holiday to Goa: > https://www.skyscanner.co.in/news/wines-spirits-and- > cocktails-try-your-goa-holiday > > [Quote] Port wine: Port wine was first brought to Goa by the > Portuguese in the 16th century. Marketed by the local Costas company, > Vinicola port wine is a silky wine in dry, semi-dry and sweet > varieties both as table and fortified wines. It is often served at > Goan banquets and other functions. Also available in portable packs to > take home as gifts for friends. Martin’s Corner in Betalbatim serves > port wine. > > +++ > > Goan port-style wines were actually the first wines produced in modern > India: the first unit (set up in 1965) was Vinicola by one Ivo da > Costa, behind his beautiful 100-year old Portuguese-style bungalow > outside Margao town. Vinicola is still there, now managed by grandson > Rahul, churning out a port-style wine using traditional methods > (Bengaluru blue grapes, hand-crushed and fermented in 50-litre drums, > with manual fortification and sweetening) that retails for all of Rs > 150 per bottle. > > There are another nine units still producing and bottling 'port' wines > in Goa, the hallmark being that most of them produce both spirits and > wines. The most prominent are Tonia and Oceanking, and both had set up > stalls at the 'Grape Escapades' wine fair held in end-January in > Panjim where they competed with conventional grape wines from other > Indian wineries. > > So what, if anything, sets Goan 'ports' apart from similar wines being > produced elsewhere? > > Probably the ambience: There's little to beat the experience of > sipping a wine cocktail (or indeed any other such libation) watching > the sun going down on any of Goa's fabled beaches - not something that > can be replicated anywhere else in India. > > Wines I've been drinking: The Big Banyan range of wines (no, not > ports), tasted at their winery in South Goa two weeks back. Made using > grapes from Maharashtra, the wines are all good to very good, with the > Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 rated at 88 points by me: soft tannins, fruity > and full-bodied, with some complexity. > https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/ > what-they-call-port-wine-in-goa-115020601664_1.html > > +++ > > Hi,colmaggs.you can buy the port in any bar,and loads of shops.there > is sweet or medium,if you call in the public bar in calangute > ,you will get a bottle for about 150rps.mix it with the honeybee > brandy and youll sleep like a log.Mick. > https://www.tripadvisor.in/ShowTopic-g297604-i6045- > k3087664-Port_wine_in_Goa-Goa.html > > +++ > > Anand Naik, lived in Goa, India > Answered May 12 > > Port wine was prescribed by doctors to Goan ladies after deliveries. > That is the significance of port wine among Goans for the last five > centuries. The point for reference is that while there was a taboo on > drinking for Goan Hindus ( majority population of Goa for most of the > times since 1510, the period of Portuguese domination over the > locals), doctors, medicine practice had a way of introducing port wine > as good for health of ladies after maternity. However, Christian > population about 45% of Goa population for most of the times had > assimilated wine & drinking as acceptable part of the cuture : > marriages, partying, socialising etc. among Hindus this feature was > absent. > > The distinction that lasted over 450 years of rule of the Portuguese , > is almost disappearing, thanks to education, globalisation and > economic issues overtaking age old superstitions of cleanliness, > holiness and presumptious righteouseness for many centuries. > > Shane Fernandes, lived in Goa, India > > Portwine has higher levels of alcohol and more importantly sugars, > both of which are bad. Most people also do not like the the overtly > sugary taste. Although the preparation is fairly rare worldwide, Goa > is one of the few places it is prepared in the world. > > +++ > > Port Wine > > In the 16th century, the Portuguese brought Vinho do Porto (Port Wine) > to Goa. This is typically the sweet, red wine, and is often served as > a dessert wine. Port Wine is produced exclusively in the Douro Valley > in the northern region of Portugal. > > Goan port-style wines were the first wines produced in modern India: > the first unit, Vinicola, was set up in 1965 by Ivo da Costa, behind > his beautiful 100-year old Portuguese-style bungalow outside Margao > town. > > Enjoy Goan Port Wine during a romantic dinner with your loved one > watching the sunset after a long day at the beach. It will make the > moment even more special. In fact, you can book your stay in Villagio > Resort to enjoy the real beauty of Goa. > > https://blog.sterlingholidays.com/5-drinks-true-taste-goa/ > > +++ > > On the entry of Goanet into its 25th anniversary year, let me remember > Dr Ivo da Costa Azeredo (hope I got the spelling right) of Vinicola's > in Margao. I recall him as one of the early Goanetters (before my > time). When he saw me posting to Goanet, he invited me over to his > place, where I got a chance to see and photograph their sacramental > wine-making process. > > I tried searching for what I (probably) wrote then, but couldn't > locate it. Most things were not well archived in those cyber-deprived > times. > > Did manage to find a reference in the words of another old-time Goanet > loyalist, the Dutchman Patrice Reimens (or is it Riemens? Can never > seem to get it right). He said: > > Then, he recalls the Margao-based Dr Ivo Costa, a senior > citizen who got involved in the Net and whose family has been > in the wine business (Vinicola). "He's a big admirer of Bill > Gates," Patrice commented, in a camp meant to promote > Free/Libre and Open Source Software, the very antithesis of > proprietorial software, among non-profit organisations. > > http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-news-goanet. > org/2006-January/007550.html > > FN > > > > > > Sender notified by > Mailtrack 13/08/18, 21:08:12 > ×REMOVE > > On Mon, 13 Aug 2018 at 20:52, Roland Francis <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > FN posted of an Indian foodie recommending a restaurant in Nerul, Bardez > serving crab and port wine. > > > > Is it the “port wine” mentioned in this 2015 article or would a > restaurant in Nerul in 2018 be serving actual Portuguese port? > > > > https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/ > what-they-call-port-wine-in-goa-115020601664_1.html > > > > Roland. > > > > > -- > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > _/ > _/ FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا +91-9822122436 > _/ RADIO GOANA: https://archive.org/details/@fredericknoronha > _/ > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
