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JAN. 27th 2012 - International #PortDay

From the Center for Wine Origins:

This virtual event creates a unique opportunity to promote and celebrate authentic Port wines and raise awareness among consumers, sommeliers, chefs and retail stores about the Port region and name protection efforts. As you know, the Port name is misused on wine bottles across the world, particularly in the United States. It is not uncommon to find a Port from the U.S. next to a wine from the Douro Valley. The Center for Wine Origins works to educate consumers about authentic wines and the characteristics that make them unique.

Leading up to #PortDay the Center is working to raise activity on social media networks and we are encouraging wine enthusiasts to tweet, blog, post and share their love of Port wines and...

Quevedo

Let’s start off with a little bit of historical perspective to gain a better understanding of how this family got started in the Port business. From the words of Oscar Quevedo Sr., “My great grandfather António Abel da Costa, from my mother's side, started producing wine between 1850-1860 in Valongo dos Azeites. There, we had vineyards and warehouses, as well as granite lagares, which allowed us to make over 100 pipas yearly, almost all Port Wine. When António Abel da Costa died, his son Raúl Gouveia Costa, born in 1889, succeeded him, and some years later, started labeling his own wine called, Quinta de Santo António. Under Raul's management, the property lived a long period of expansion, though there were two major periods of fin...