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2012 Olympic Port Wine tasting in London
The celebration of the 2012 Olympic Games was the perfect excuse to organize a tasting of Ports produced in Olympic years. Without a doubt that the right city to host this event, was the same that was...
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The bishop of Norwich Port tradition – pass the Port!
Port Wine is surrounded by myths and traditions. There are plenty of them from Port production to Port consumption. One that we can still experience today in terms of Port production is the one that...
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2010 Vintage Port tasting by Wine Passion Magazine – great news!
2010 Vintage Port tasting by Wine Passion Magazine In February 2013 Wine Passion Magazine carried through a tasting of 2010 Vintage Port. Active Port lovers know that in 2010 Port producers harvested...
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Quevedo declares the 2011 Vintage Port
It’s time to celebrate!!! Let the balloons fly, release the birds, eat a Francesinha – or 4, toast with your friends! Why? Because there is going to be some of the 2011 vintage port to go around! Let’s...
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Vintage Port Declaration – what does it mean
View over Pinhão village During these last months we have seen many Port producers declaring the production of Vintage Port from the 2011 harvest. This means that there will be a big percentage of...
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IVDP – How to approve Vintage Port
On the previous two blog posts, we had talked about 2011 Quevedo Vintage declaration and what exactly means a Vintage declaration – or the lack of this meaning. On this third and last post of this...
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Quevedo 2011 Vintage Port – Wine Spectator review
Few weeks before staring the harvest back in 2011 we were quite confident that the grapes were in very good conditions to make something good. Then, when the grapes were already at the winery and...
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Opening a bottle of Port with Port tongs
Wine geeks like rituals. We care about which glasses to use, which way to pass the bottle, decanting time or serving temperatures. We take these “necessary” steps to fully enjoy a bottle of wine on...
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Quevedo Declares 2016 Vintage Port
We are delighted to confirm that Quevedo is declaring a 2016 Vintage Port. The product of a climactically challenging year, the 2016 Vintage shows all the characteristics of a wine that could reach...
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The secret in our barrels
Traditionally, portuguese grape growers and producers from the Douro valley would store the recently vinified Port in large barrels named balseiro or tonnel until spring. As the Douro winter is cold,...
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