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Starting the Process of Moving to Portugal
My first overseas flight of the year, Portugal of course, but somehow this one was very different. I was not heading over for wine tasting, nor a wine tour. I was flying to Porto, to find a new place to live … a new home. [...]
Adrian Bridge on Portuguese Wine Tours
In this fine very brief video, Adrian Bridge, CEO of The Fladgate Partnership, (Taylor's, Croft, Fonseca and Krohn) speaks about the extremely high quality level of our Portuguese Wine Tours. He especially focuses in on the unique style of our tours, [...]
Impressions of 2015 LBV’s
 My overall impressions after tasting a dozen LBV Ports is based on the 2015 vintage quality as well as the common thread that ties these Ports all together. The commonality of course is that 2015 is right up there beside the quality of 2016 [...]
Sammamish Port Club Holiday Party – on Zoom
As we begin to see the pandemic receding in our rearview mirrors, I thought it would be good to revisit this article (which appeared in the FTLOP Newsletter) as a reminder that if there is a will, there is always a way... to drink Port [...]
A Tale of Two Ports, Tawny vs Ruby: What Makes the Difference?
Port has a long, proud history that dates back to the early 18th century. Many credit the hostilities between England and France for its creation. Essentially, the English blockaded the French ports, preventing them from exporting wines. The Methuen Treaty of 1703, granted “most favored [...]
Two Half Centuries of Port Wine – Part 2 (1970-2020)
Two half centuries of Port a 2-part series and the first half was filled with oldies, the 1920’s through 1960’s. Part 1 can be found here. It is known that over the course of recent centuries, there have been on average three Vintage Port declarations [...]
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The Methuen-Pombal Link & The Demarcation of the Douro
Roy explores Portuguese history and how the Methuen Treaty, the relationship between the Portuguese and the English, and the demarcation of the Douro shaped the Port trade.
Starting the Process of Moving to Portugal
My first overseas flight of the year, Portugal of course, but somehow this one was [...]
Adrian Bridge on Portuguese Wine Tours
In this fine very brief video, Adrian Bridge, CEO of The [...]
A Tale of Two Ports, Tawny vs Ruby: What Makes the Difference?
Port has a long, proud history that dates back to the early 18th century. Many [...]
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