Comparing Bottles Of The Duque
Guest Author David Sweet compares tasting notes for two bottles of Ferreira's 20 Year Old Tawny Duque de Bragança, one bottled in 1990 versus one bottled in 2006 to observe the effects of bottle ageing on tawny ports.
2007 Fortification Tour – Part 1
2007's FTLOP Fortification Tour kicked off in Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia with visits to Port Lodges, Vinologia Port wine bar, a good dinner, and more.
Website of the Month – Wikipedia: Port Wine
Wikipedia's Port Wine page is a good introduction to the category, with information on not just the wine, but the region, grapes, history, and more.
The New Bedford Madeira Festival
The largest celebration of Portuguese food and culture in New England if not the world is New Bedford MA's Feast of The Blessed Sacrament, and Marco deFreitas reports from this year's festival.
The IDVP’s Seal of Guarantee
The history and significance of the selo de garantia, or "Seal of Guarantee" on every bottle of Port and Douro DOC wine.
Douro Boys Cuvée
The Douro Boys are celebrating five years of collaboration promoting Douro wines with a charity auction of a special Douro Boys Blended Cuvée in magnum and many more fun and valuable prizes.
Website of the Month – CataVino
FTLOP recommends the Catavino website as a terrific resource for news and information about Iberian wine, food, travel and more.
Website of the Month – Cellartracker
This month we feature CellarTracker, the wine cellar management site which features over 400,000 tasting notes and much more.
Newsflash – October 2007
News about Port: a Wines of Portugal tasting will be touring the USA, news of Port trade people, places and events, and Roy's own plans to host a number of tastings and events in Canada and the USA, as well as FTLOP news.
White Port and Tonic
Guest Author Andy Velebil on the perfect summer refresher: White Port & Tonic.