Which Port Wine Would You Like to Try?
Even Port Trade professionals have dream wines they have never yet tasted and would like to.
2012 Fortification Tour – Part 1
A visit to Krohn's lodges in Gaia and a tasting of their extraordinary Ports, a quinta visit and three different fabulous meals and their accompanying wines - and that was just the first 36 hours of the 2012 Fortification Tour.
Discovering A New Port Producer: Vieira de Sousa
Roy visits a new young Port and Douro DOC producer and tastes the small but impressive range.
SFE Launches Three New Ports
Roy reviews samples of three new Ports from the Symington stable of brands: two 2010 single quinta Vintage Ports and a 1969 Colheita.
Niepoorts With Niepoort
Dirk Niepoort came to Seattle for a three day visit which included plenty of food, wine and discussion, as Blair Curtis reports.
IVBAM Website
Featuring the IVBAM site - the regulator for Madeira Wine and other important Madeiran products - and a particularly wonderful video about Madeira.
Reflections on Trainspotting
Roy muses on the pleasures, past and present, of going up to the Douro by train.
Quinta do Portal
Quinta do Portal has a new website to promote their wines, hotel, gastronomy and more.
Quinta do Vallado Opens Hotel for Douro Oeno-Tourism
In March 2012 Quinta do Vallado is opening a new Country Hotel at Quinta do Vallado.
Vintage Port Site
Symington Family Estates' The Vintage Port Site has been upgraded with more service and content.