IVDP Port tasting in Los Angeles (Marina Del Rey) October 16

[Andy Velebil]

The IVDP will again be hosting a wonderful Portuguese wine and Port tasting at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Marina del Rey on October 16th. It starts at 6:30pm till 8:30pm. I went last year and it was a great time, and I'll be back again for this one. So if you go, hunt me down and say hi...I'll be the one in the FTLOP polo shirt.

It's worth stopping by to tastes some wonderful wines. Here is the list of producers (FYI, some are listed by the parent company's name, such as Sogevinus, and not under a specific Port brand).

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST PORTUGUESE WINE TASTINGS YOU COULD ATTEND HERE IN CALIFORNIA. Hope that got your attention.

Marina del Rey
4375 Admiralty Way
Marina del Rey, CA 90292


Adriano Ramos Pinto - Vinhos S.A.
Aliança - Vinhos de Portugal - S.A.
Aveleda - Soc. Agr. e Com. Da Quinta da Aveleda
Casa Santos Lima - Companhia das Vinhas S.A.
Companhia Agricola do Sanguinhal, Lda
Casa de Santa Vitória, Sociedade Agro-Industrial, SA
Dão Sul - Sociedade Vitivinícola, SA
Dona Maria Vinhos
Enoport-Exportação de Bebidas, S.A.
Herdade do Rocim
J. Portugal Ramos Vinhos, SA
PV - Produção e Comercio de Produtos Vinícolas, SA
Quinta da Alorna Vinhos, Lda
Quinta das Apegadas, Sociedade Agrícola, Lda
Quinta do Infantado, Vinhos do Produtor, Lda.
Sociedade dos Vinhos Borges
Sogevinus Fine Wines (Kopke, Barros, Rocha, Burmester, Gilberts)
Sogrape Vinhos SA
Symington Family Estates, Vinhos, Lda
VDS Vinhos do Douro Superior, SA

Tickets are $25 each and can be purchased from
http://www.spcaLA.com, by phone at
1 (888) SPCA-LAl x 232 or at the door of the event.
All proceeds benefit the
Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles (spcaLA).
Valet parking available for $10 per car.
For more information, call 1-877-2-PORTUGAL
(1-877-276-7884). Persons over 21 only..

[Marc J.]

Last year this was a great event and I'll be sure to make it to this year's tasting as well. Some great wines were poured and there was the opportunity to sample/compare a wide variety of wine-making styles.

Marc

[Andy Velebil]

Marc,
I will see you then.

[Andy Velebil]

Dont forget folks, this is today

[Andy Velebil]

It was a great evening last night and by the end of the evening the room was totally full and everyone was having a great time. I was able to meet up with fellow members Alex R. and his wife, and Marc J. Its always great to see members and catch up. Heres just a few little highlights of the evening.

Lots of nice wines and some great Ports. Rocha had their 1937 Colheita, Kopke had their 1957 Colheita, and many many more.

It was great to see Quinta do Infantado there pouring some Ports and a dry wine. I don't see much of their stuff around here so it was good to see them exposing people to their line up.

There also was a good mix of wines from the Douro, Dao, Alentejano, Beiras, Bairrada, Vinho Verde, Estremadura, Obidos, Ribatejo, Ribatejano, and Borba regions of Portugal.

I was also surprised to see the Symington Family Estates was pouring their Dow's Crusted Port (Bottled in 2002) as part of their line up. I am glad they were exposing it to people as now days not many people know what it is and fewer people have probably ever had a Crusted Port.

Casa Ferrerinha had thier 1997 Casa Ferrerinha Reserva Douro dry wine which was a wonderful wine. Had wonderful secondary aromas on the nose yet the palate was still so light and fresh...a keeper for sure.

There was so many it was impossible to get to them all, although I did make a decent dent in trying...amen for the spittoons! If you missed this year's event in L.A., or if you're thinking about attending one of the others, I strongly encourage you to attend. There are very few times that you can experience this many wines and Ports from Portugal in one place.

[Glenn E.]

Lots of nice wines and some great Ports. Rocha had their 1937 Colheita, Kopke had their 1957 Colheita, and many many more.

Wish I could have been there!

[Andy Velebil]

Glenn, Hopefully next time

There is a few more on the east coast in the next week. So hopefully people out there can make them.

[Roy Hersh]

Hopefully your camera was working for this event.

[Andy Velebil]

yes it was :)

[Heather Hathwell]

This is seriously depressing that I missed out...... This would have been great. I should look on here more often.

[Andy Velebil]

This is seriously depressing that I missed out...... This would have been great. I should look on here more often.

Yes you should Heather...shame shame