Talha Tales

Roman winemaking has survived continuously since ancient times - but only within a few isolated villages in southern Portugal. There, teetering on extinction, a handful of devotees carried on making wine in terracotta pots.
Talha Tales follows their journey back from the edge, transforming Europe's oldest winemaking technology into the world's newest, and through that, recreating a thriving wine culture.
Shortlisted for Fortnum & Mason's Food and Wine Book awards 2024 and Gourmand Awards 2024.
'a quixotic tale of Portuguese wine technology lost and found...a story of one wine region's cultural resurrection, set in the dusty, remote reaches of Alentejo...' L.M. Archer, Circle of Wine Writer's The Circular magazine.
'Talha Tales is the best guide yet to the renaissance of Portuguese clay-pot winemaking' Sarah Ahmed, World of Fine Wine magazine.
'authoritative, yet eminently readable love story to Portugal's clay fermentation vessel illuminates an exciting and unfamiliar wine region that should interest every adventurous wine lover eager to explore something different.' Neal D. Hulkower, Oregon Wine Press
'Paul's enthusiasm and informal style carried me along through the story' Steven Slatcher, Winenous