For The Love Of Port

Here it is, the special edition of “Facts about Port and Madeira”. A “must have” for every portlover, where the line art of the previous edition has been replaced with 45 highly detailed images of original illustrations by William Prater, part of the private Collection of the House of Sandeman. The ...

A century-old cask sample at Quinta da Costa de Baixo (Bulas)

Congratulations Oscar and Nadia, 2014 will be a great year, vintage or no vintage!

When reading about the history of Port or Madeira, Facts about Port and Madeira is undoubtedly one of the most referenced publications. It is a detailed account of an adventures journey to the Douro, Porto and Madeira made in 1877 by Henry and Ernest Vizetelly. Their work was published in 1880, desc...

Dear portlovers, I am working on an accurate epub / ebook version of "Facts about Port and Madeira" by Henry Vizetelly. This publication is illustrated with more than 100 sketches. I do have them in digital format, unfortunately of poor quality (low resolution / black and white). I hope to...

The Illustrated Douro was published in 1876 by the Viscount of Villa Maior, describing in Portuguese, French and English, the wine district, its principal vineyards and the people and methods involved in the production, storage and trade of Port-wine. The publication included 25 engravings and a map...

Hi Tom, i think Wiese & Krohn would have sold it as colheita 1964.

According to Revista de Vinhos, the bottle will go for around 680 euro.http://www.revistadevinhos.pt/artigos/s ... &idioma=pt

A Kopke colheita 1940 bottled around 2000 does €300 - €350. I will not be surpised if this special 2013 release has a price-tag between €500 - €700.

This outstanding colheita from 1940 will be bottled and released within a couple of weeks. Limited edition of 375 bottles.

Hi Miguel,

Thanks a lot for your valuable response!

Dear friends, I'am reading "Dona Antónia, a life of her own". Inside is a table with bottles of port in a wine cellar belonging to António Bernardo Ferreira: 336 Garrafas de vinho do Porto 1790 with a unit price of 3$500 Réis and a value of 1:176$000 Réis. Can somebody tell me what the val...

This one is interesting... and free! Worth a try. For iphone, ipad and end of this month also for android.

https://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/duoling ... ?l=en&mt=8

Thank you all. I'll experiment with some Kopke, which is a colheita widely available in Holland.

A question from a colheita newbie: if i have to choose between two colheitas with almost the same age, is the best choice the one from the year with the most vintage ports declared?

Thanks, Eus

Great job Cynthia! Thanks.

Quevedo 2005. Tasty as always.

On Flickr i found some old and interesting pictures. Enjoy! http://www.flickr.com/photos/31194388@N00/

For those who want the full picture (3359x444 pixels, 6Mb), i did some cut & pasting: http://www.blijvendbeter.nl/porto.png

Regards, Eus