A Journey Through Portugal in Every Season
Lusitania Wine Club
A Journey Through Portugal in Every Season
Current Spring Collection — Bloom and Stone
This spring Portuguese wine club collection travels across Portugal's interior, from the granite soils of the Dão and the Douro to the sun-warmed plains of the Alentejo.
Bloom and Stone captures Portuguese wine at its most alive — precise whites with mineral tension, structured reds with fresh edges, and six bottles that show how the same grape tastes completely different when the land beneath it changes.
6 bottles · $185 · Shipping included
Wine Is Better When You Understand It
Wine is better when you understand it. It is even better when you share it.
This shipment is built for both. Six bottles chosen not just to drink, but to open a conversation. Each wine comes with the story behind it — the grape, the region, and the decisions that shaped it.
Gather people around the table. Open the whites together and let the room decide which one they prefer. Move to the reds and ask someone to guess the region each came from.
What’s Included This Quarter
2023 Kelman Encruzado — Dão DOC
Granite-grown Encruzado fermented in stainless steel with bâtonnage. Citrus, white fruit, and focused acidity.
2021 Pôpa Reserva White — Douro DOC
Six native Douro varieties aged on fine lees. Floral aromatics, saline edge, and mineral finish.
2023 Divai Arinto — Alentejo
Bright citrus-driven Arinto from the Alentejo with crystalline acidity and clean structure.
2017 Kelman Reserva Lagar — Dão DOC
Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, and Alfrocheiro foot-trodden in granite lagar. Plum, tobacco, and spice.
2020 Pôpa Reserva Red — Douro DOC
Traditional Douro blend with elegant structure and aging potential.
2021 Divai Touriga Nacional — Alentejo
100% Touriga Nacional fermented in stainless steel for purity. Violet, plum, blackberry.
How to Make the Most of This Shipment
Open the whites first — Encruzado from the Dão, Pôpa from the Douro, and Arinto from the Alentejo. Same country, three interiors, three expressions of freshness.
Then move to the reds. Compare the Dão structure of Kelman Lagar with the fruit purity of Divai Touriga Nacional from the Alentejo.
Finish the evening with the Pôpa Reserva Red and let the conversation find its pace.
What You Learn With This Shipment
You learn how Arinto holds acidity even in warm climates. You learn what granite lagar fermentation does to a red wine. You learn how Touriga Nacional expresses itself differently in the Alentejo than it does in the Dão.
None of that requires a textbook. It simply requires six bottles and people willing to pay attention.