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Is Historic Port Tradition Ready for a Change?
Is now the time to end the notion of "generally declared” Vintage Ports? For the past couple of centuries, it has been common practice for the Port trade to declare Vintage Port three times per decade based on the quality and quantity of excellent grapes [...]
Barbeito: The Epitome of Madeira
The title of this text is a bold statement, I am aware of that. And, as all bold statements, it will surely raise some eyebrows. Yet, I stand proudly by it. In my view, Barbeito is currently the best Madeira wine producer, and the [...]
Interesting Red Wine Developments at Quevedo – A Step Up
By Rune Gustavsen When my wife Emmy and I participated in the 2016 FTLOP Port Harvest Tour 2, we visited Quevedo. After having tasted many different Port wines, we all received a surprise during dinner at Quevedo’s quinta near São João da Pesqueira. Oscar Quevedo [...]
Musing about Madeira: Colheita
A quick aside, Colheita Madeira unlike Colheita Port (the latter of which requires 7 years in wood) but with Madeira, Colheita rules have required a minimum of six years in neutral cask, since the category was created in the early-mid-1990s. In the new regulations passed [...]
Trás-os-Montes: The World that Lies Beyond
There is an old Portuguese saying that goes: “Para lá do Marão, mandam os que lá estão”, which can be translated into something like “Beyond the Marão, it is those who live there that are in charge”. This saying reflects a hard truth about the [...]
American Wine Journalist Inducted Into Prestigious Madeira Wine Brotherhood
240 Years Later, Madeira Celebrates America’s Independence Again by Honoring US Madeira Wine Experts Immediately after declaring their independence from Great Britain in July of 1776, the members of the Continental Congress toasted each other with glasses of Madeira. The fortified wine, produced on the [...]
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The New Douro
Fifteen years ago, two things happened in the fine Douro vintage of 2004; still today [...]
Barbeito: The Epitome of Madeira
The title of this text is a bold statement, I am aware of that. [...]
Interesting Red Wine Developments at Quevedo – A Step Up
By Rune Gustavsen When my wife Emmy and I participated in the 2016 FTLOP Port [...]
Musing about Madeira: Colheita
A quick aside, Colheita Madeira unlike Colheita Port (the latter of which requires 7 years [...]
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