Notes from Porto

What Luxury Actually Is

We have been sold a version of luxury that is mostly about price. But luxury, at its best, is what happens when a human being decides to go beyond what is strictly necessary.

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Portugal Is Not What You Think. That Is Precisely the Point.

Ryan Opaz on why Portugal's most compelling luxury is not what you find in five-star hotels — and why twenty years in, he is still discovering things he has never seen before.

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The Soil Knows First

The global organic wine market is projected to reach $21.48 billion by 2030. I spent a harvest season at a biodynamic vineyard in Somerset to understand why — and what it means for investment in regenerative land.

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"We Don't Take You Places Unless We Know the People"

A conversation with Ryan Opaz — wine authority, Knight of the Port Wine Brotherhood, and co-author of the New York Times Best Wine Book of 2021 — on what makes northern Portugal so extraordinary.

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