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Ricardo Preto is a Portuguese fashion designer with a national and international career, based in Lisbon. He is the Creative Director of the Amorim Luxury Group and is also responsible for the private labels (Paula, JNcQUOI Comporta, JNcQUOI House and JNcQUOI Maison). Biography. Ricardo was born on July 26, 1972, and grew up in Azeitão, Portugal.
A major step in mapping and conserving Portugal's unique grape profile was the establishment in 1988 of the Coleção Ampelográfica Nacional (National Ampelographic Collection or CAN), [38] [39] a germplasm bank containing as many of the country's unique native varieties as have been found so far along with those varieties that have been introduced from elsewhere.
Gato Fedorento ( pronounced [ˈɡatu fɨðuˈɾẽtu]; "Smelly Cat") is a Portuguese surreal comedy group, known for their subjective and absurd satire centering both on the Portuguese language and the Portuguese social reality. The group is composed of the four comedians José Diogo Quintela, Miguel Góis, Ricardo Araújo Pereira and Tiago Dores.
Black Cat, White Cat ( Serbian: Црна мачка, бели мачор, romanized : Crna mačka, beli mačor) is a 1998 Serbian romantic black comedy film directed by Emir Kusturica. It won the Silver Lion for Best Direction at the Venice Film Festival . The literal translation of the title is actually "Black pussycat, white tomcat ".
The Rooster of Barcelos is sold as a souvenir from Portugal. The folk tale of the rooster of Barcelos, [ 1] tells the story of a dead rooster's miraculous intervention in proving the innocence of a man who had been falsely convicted and sentenced to death. The story is associated with the 17th-century calvary that is part of the collection of ...
Alfrocheiro Preto is a red Portuguese wine grape variety [1] planted primarily in the Dão DOC and Alentejano VR. The grape is known for the deep coloring it can add to wine blends. [ 2 ] Under the name Baboso negro , it is considered a minor Spanish red grape variety, growing mainly in the provinces of Zamora and Salamanca, in the region of ...
Media: Gazpacho. Gazpacho ( Spanish: [ɡaθˈpatʃo]) or gaspacho ( Portuguese: [ɡɐʃˈpaʃu] ), also called Andalusian gazpacho, is a cold soup and drink made of raw, blended vegetables. [ 1] It originated in the southern regions of the Iberian peninsula and spread into other areas. Gazpacho is widely eaten in Spain and Portugal ...
Uncaria tomentosa. ( Willd. ex Schult.) DC. [ 1] Uncaria tomentosa is a woody vine found in the tropical jungles of South and Central America. It is known as cat's claw or uña de gato in Spanish because of its claw-shaped thorns. [ 1][ 2] The plant root bark is used in herbalism for a variety of ailments, and is sold as a dietary supplement ...