For The Love Of Port

The old adage about London buses comes to mind: You wait for ages, then three come along in a row.. Good one :lol: Seriously though, a back to back declaration was a little risky, but this looks reckless - and messy. Interesting. Care to elaborate? Because it will cast doubt on the quality of Taylo...

Taylor's has just declared a classic VP for 2018: https://twitter.com/TaylorsPortWine/sta ... 94373?s=20

I don't know about you, but I was pretty surprised.

Symington has announced the beginning of their harvest at Quinta do Ataíde on their Instagram account yesterday. They typically only produce Douro DOC from this Quinta, though

Last year they were already at 180€. In 2015 at 170€. I bought them both, I hope I won't regret it.
Given the low yields of 2017, I'm not surprised they have raised it up to 200€

Yes, unfortunately that seems to be more and more the case. The fact that the market is arguably much smaller in Portugal can help explain it to a degree, but then again when selling in PT the houses also save on shipping costs, import taxes, etc. Not even the fact that we have the lowest VAT on win...

SFE 2017 VP retail prices for Portugal (in Fugas, April 27th 2019):

Graham's "The Stone Terraces": 200€

Capela da Quinta do Vesúvio: 150€

Dow's: 95€

Quinta do Vesúvio: 75€

Warre's: 75€

Cockburn's: 70€

Graham's: 95€

May eventually serve as a reference for other countries...