For The Love Of Port

Thank you Jorge for you incisive responses to the questions this week. I believe there is much to learn here and this will remain as a lasting legacy about this point in time for the history of Ramos Pinto. Your candor and time spent, is truly appreciated! Dear Roy and All Port Lovers, It was a gre...

It would be great if you could tell us a little bit about your own launch of wines. What inspired you to do this separately from RP? Also, along the same lines, what does your range of wines consist of? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Here's the story of the Quinta da Touriga: After dedicating m...

Jorge, First off, thank you so much for your time. I know we all love to hear the insights of those who labor to create the wines we adore and enjoy. I love that you've mentioned the Ramos-Pinto '83 VP a couple times in this thread, as it was one of my favorite wines in my very first tasting with t...

Dear Jorge: Thank you for spending the time with us here and answering our questions - very much appreciated. Porto and Gaia have seen a dramatic rise in tourism over the last 10 years. This must be very good news for your company, as your amazingly beautiful lodge is in the perfect location and I'...

Jorge: In honor of your visit to the forum, I had a '03 RP Duas Quintas Reserva Especial last night. What a rock star wine and quite a value at that. :yumyum: What will it take to have Portuguese wines be considered the equal to other European countries on the top tier (or any tier)? Portuguese win...

Hi Jorge, Would you be willing to share with us, one NEW captivating or innovative project that Ramos Pinto is working on? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Olá Roy, One of the many projects that we are currently working on is in our Quinta da Urtiga. This is a very small (3.5 hectare) but very ol...

Jorge: Ramos Pinto was a leader in alcohol poster marketing a long time ago. Reproductions of Ramos Pinto artwork is quite popular. Luxury brands like Louis Vuitton & Bally have a successful and popular limited release poster following for some time. Is there any consideration for Ramos Pinto t...

Dear Jorge; Thank you for your time and great replies. Love your Ports! My first question is this, with improvements in wine production, do you think there will come a time when Vintage Port is declared 4, 5 or even 6 times in a decade? Is it even good business to do so? With all your experiments a...

Jorge, In 2014 during Roy's Port Harvest Tour we discussed why Ramos Pinto only makes 10, 20, and 30 Year Old Tawny Ports, but not a 40. It sounds like your reasoning has not changed, which was that you do not see enough of a difference between a 30 year old Port and a 40 year old Port to warrant t...

When choosing a Vintage Port ... what are some of the vintages (specific years, not producers) that you prefer to drink with friends, nowadays? I have been opening the 97 Ramos Pinto. 20 years, still young but ready to drink. Great fruit and it is starting to show some signs of maturity. I also dri...

Jorge Over the course of your career in the Port industry what has been one of the biggest changes you've seen in both production of ports and wines and also in how Port is marketed? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I wish I could tell you that my biggest challenge was phylloxera but I am not tha...

Hello Jorge from Denmark. Thank you for taking your time to answer our questions inhere. I hope to met you some day and share one of my beloved 1983 Ramos Pinto vintage ports. [friends.gif] My first question is regarding block planting versus field blends. In the last decades many port producers ha...

Hello and thank you for participating here. There has been several very, very old wood aged Ports put on the market in the past few years. Most of these are categorized as tawny reserves. Madeira has approved the category of Over 50 year Old recently. Is there any thought for doing the same for Por...

Jorge: I am big Ramos VP and dry wine fan... Has the 10 and 20 year tawny blends changed over the last decade? There are a few on this forum that are convinced they have; including me. Ramos was my favorite tawny, but has fallen out of favor for me. Another friend never really like Ramos tawny, but...

Hi Jorge I'm interested to know what you do in the vineyards - after all, great wines start with great grapes. For port, what grape varieties do you tend to find make the best Vintage or colheita Ports? Or do you find field blends work best? What influence on today's production and blending of vint...

Bonjour Jorge TX for taking the time in your schedule. A couple of simple questions Do you consider 20 yr old tawnys as being the ultimate in wood aged ports An observation , in Québec the 30 yr old Ramos Pinto tawny sells out faster than any other 30 yr old . Any thaughts Merçi Bonjour Luc, Taste ...

Olá Roy, Experience tells me that one has to be very prudent in the judgement of immature vintage ports, i.e. when the wines have less than 15 - 18 months. I know that many winemakers are enthusiastic about the 2016, but for me, saying now that a wine is going to be vintage port is the same as a doc...

Bonjour Luc, Taste is a very personal question. I like the RP10 old tawny chilled with a foie gras, the RP20 at 5pm by its own or at dinner with a dessert (ex: orange pudding) and the RP30 with a good (smooth) cigar after dinner. So choosing an old tawny depends on the food paring, the moment and sp...

Hi Andy, Thank you for your kind words. I am Ramos Pinto CEO for approximately one year and the achievement that I am most proud of is the fact that the Ramos Pinto Team is embracing the changing that we are making in different areas (viticulture, winemaking, IT, etc.). As the 5th generation of a wi...

Olá Glenn, It is a great pleasure to be a FTLOP Guest Host. As you know, it is not easy to change anything in the oldest appellation in the world. I have no doubts that Porto / Douro legislation has been quite effective and positive for our “industry” in the last decades. Nevertheless, I am convince...