For The Love Of Port

Hi Andy, in the press release, they wrote: "The team of Passadouro will remain with the Quinta and will join the dedicated team of Quinta do Noval. We intend to maintain the brand of Quinta do Passadouro, which has produced some thrilling wines - both Ports and unfortified red wines - during th...

I will never forget my first visit to Quinta do Passadouro... Jet and Ronald did such a great job as hosts... Ronald had arranged for my first blind Port tasting ever... and then it turned out that it was a Crusted Port... the first one of my life... of course I didn't guess it and he let me guess f...

Bad news for the small growers in the Douro Valley: The beneficio for 2019 was decided by the interprofessional council of the IVDP to be 108,000 pipas, which is a reduction of 8,000 pipas when compared to last year's beneficio. As the AEVP commented, this is due to the fact that the sales of Port W...

The last time I was along that street, a couple of years ago, it was about 35C in the blazing sun and there were two middle-aged American fellows sat on a bench in said sun smoking impressively-sized cigars and drinking a RCV '82 directly from the bottle. I hope those weren't Roy and Andy. But then...

After being heavily involved in everything tourism related in Porto and the Douro Valley, Taylor's is now also penetrating Lisbon. They have just opened a Wine Shop where people can taste a variety of wines... currently there are 15 different wines available for tasting. It's located in Alfama, mayb...

David Spriggs wrote: Absolutely! Finding and tasting from new producer's is half the fun!

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Last week, the political left in Portugal passed the law to re-establish the CASA DO DOURO. A complete failure, full of scandals, it had been de-commissioned in 2014, with a debt of EUR 160 million. But now it is back. All wine growers in the Douro region have to register and pay their fees. As I se...

Eric Ifune wrote:I understand why, but I'll miss the old fashioned names.

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I must confess that I have been only once to the Port Wine Museum in Porto, because it's a long walk away from the epicenter of the Port Trade in Gaia / Ribeira. I remember it was quite nice... but as there are so many Port Wine Lodges in Gaia, that also have nearly a Museum-character (like Ramos Pi...

Symington Family Estates launches a new White Port, "Graham’s Blend Nº5". This Port is medium dry and consists of a blend of two grapes, Malvasia Fina and Moscatel Gallega. When I read the announcement from Graham's that they launch a "premium White Port" I got really excited and...

Some years ago FTLOP asked several Port Wine personalities what they think should be changed in the Port Wine regulation. Jorge Serodio Borges and João Nicolau de Almeida wanted the entry barrier for Port Wine producers to be lowered, as it was hindering young, small companies to get into the market...

Hi Alan, sorry - I absolutely didn't want to insult you. Your case is totally different... English is your first language - of course it makes absolutely sense to post your advertisement in English. I was talking about web-pages that are selling over-priced condos to people that want to participate ...

Hi Mike - day dreaming is good and keeps us sane... [cheers.gif] Portugal is a bad place to earn money - without having much knowledge I would say it is very difficult to make money with farming... There are many families that have been growing wines and olives for generations... and they have probl...

i'd go for right next to Bomfim. right in the middle [dance2.gif] If I had 2.2M Euros, I wouldn't need to retire in Portugal! That sentence might be true... however, in my case it will be followed by the sentence "Even if I would win the Mega Million Jackpot I still would WANT to retire in Por...

Some of us will have had the pleasure to met Manual Cabral over the last years, who was the president of the Port Wine Institute for the last 7 years. His reign has now come to an end - and it was announced a few days ago that the new president for the coming 5 years is Gilberto Igrejas. I think it ...

I never had the pleasure of meeting Christian Seely in person... but after listening to this one-hour-interview I have the feeling I know him like my brother.

Absolutely fascinating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2cveNOdPzY

The IVDP has announced the Beneficio for the year 2018: 116 000 pipas. After 6 years of rising numbers, this is now the first time since 2011 that the allowed port production will be lower than in the previous year. I am sure that most growers won't complain - this year is again not easy in the Dour...

Graham's has launched a special edition of its 1982 Single Harvest Tawny for the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Ms Meghan Markle (I am still upset that she has chosen him instead of me). As we are used to by now, the prices are going up and up... As I understand, the wine is available in 0.2 lite...

The new bridge is supposed to be built west of the Ponte do Freixo... Here is an article, unfortunately in Portuguese... but there is a good map that shows the future bridge. I just don't get yet exactly how the street will be on the side of Porto - but it is planned to connect the bridge with the C...