Alentejo wine Alentejo wine Alentejo ("Vinho do Alentejo", Alentejo wines) is a Portuguese wine region located in the Alentejo region of the country. The entire region is entitled to use the "Vinho Regional" designation Alentejano VR, while some areas are also classified at the higher "Denominação de Origem Controlada" (DOC) level under the designation Alentejo DOC. VR is similar to the French "vin de pays" and DOC to the French AOP. Located in the southern half of Portugal, the Alentejo region covers about a third of the country and is sparsely populated. In 2005, South Oregon University scientist Gregory V. Jones identified
Ellis Verdi Ellis Verdi Ellis Verdi (born December 11, 1955) is an American marketing and advertising executive based in New York City, New York. He is the founder, along with Sal DeVito of the DeVito/Verdi advertising agency. Verdi was born at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City and grew up in Switzerland and France until teenager and then moved back to New York and attended school in Manhattan. In 1978 Verdi started his career with C&W working on Procter & Gamble's Folgers coffee account. In 1980 he became a brand manager for American Home Products. In 1982 Verdi became a product