The Douro region beyond the vineyards. The "Pintas" olive oil.
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3w ago
 EN/PT  Photo of the olive grove next to "Pintas" old vineyard, in the Pinhão river valley. The olive trees occupied an ancient "mortório", the stone terraces of what once was a vineyard that was abandoned after the phyloxera crisis in the 70's of the 19th century.       Because not everything is wine in the Douro and in the region's landscape, the vineyard is alonside the olive grove and the olive grove is alonside the vineyard.  The valley, olive trees and olive oil. In a region with very ancient traditions, in addition to viticulture and wine production ..read more
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Cristiano van Zeller dixit... (on single-varietal vs. blended wines)
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1M ago
 EN/PT Grapes from de very old traditional mixed red varieties "Silvas" vineyard.   Blend them all!     A short reference on the theme single-varietal vs. blended wines, specifically in the Douro region, the voice of the renowned experience of 42 harvests by Cristiano van Zeller, currently responsible for "Van Zellers & Co." and a life linked to the region and the world of Port and DOC Douro wines:  "I do not produce single-varietal Douro wines, whatever they may be. In my opinion, in general terms, it would perhaps be easier to produce a wine from just on ..read more
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Croft Vintage Port wine chart
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2M ago
  Previous published Vintage Port wine charts:    The Vintage Port wine general chronology chart    Andresen Vintage Port wine chart  Churchill's Vintage Port wine chart  Confraria do Vinho do Porto Vintage Port wine chart  Graham's Vintage Port wine chart  Niepoort Vintage Port wine chart  Pintas Vintage Port wine chart  Quevedo Vintage Port wine chart  Quinta de la Rosa Vintage Port wine chart  Quinta do Noval Vintage Port wine chart  Quinta do Vale Meão Vintage Port wine chart  Quinta Vale D. Maria Vintage Po ..read more
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Quinta do Noval, a 1880 description.
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3M ago
 EN/PT     It would seem that we could easily travel back in time and accompany the description looking at a current photograph of the same location and landscape from the large terrace of Quinta do Noval's main house, under the shade of the impressive and ancient lebanese cedar tree around 170 years old (if we make an effort to ignore the recent building of the DOC Douro wine cellar and warehouse, the building with the grey roof on the photo).    The notes of Henry Vizetelly, an english traveller across the Douro in 1880, a description of a historic terroir:   ..read more
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Douro, o relatório geral da vindima 2023
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4M ago
 PT (EN version here)  Quinta do Bom Retiro, Vale do rio Torto. "2023 foi uma vindima bastante intensa. As condições climáticas durante o ano permitiram que as vinhas chegassem à vindima com os recursos suficientes para assegurarem a correcta maturação das uvas. Começamos a vindima a 23 de Agosto com os brancos e a 24 de Agosto com os tintos, As uvas para o vinho do Porto começaram a entrar no dia 1 de Setembro. No início, a vindima começou com tempo muito quente e estável no final de Agosto, mas durante o mês de Setembro, tivemos períodos de chuvas intensas que provocaram ..read more
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Douro, the 2023 general harvest report
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4M ago
 EN (versão PT aqui)  Quinta do Bom Retiro, Torto river Valley. "2023 was a very intense harvest. The climatic conditions during the year allowed the vines to reach harvest with sufficient resources to ensure the correct grape maturation. We started harvesting on the 23rd of August with the white wines and on the 24th of August with the reds. The grapes for Port wine began to arrive on the 1st of September. At first, the harvest began with very hot and stable weather at the end of August, but during the month of September, we had periods of inetnse rain that caused difficul ..read more
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Douro, 2023 harvest: the producer's review.
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5M ago
EN/PT On the right, Quinta de Roriz, and on the background on the other riverbank, Quinta da Romaneira. The word to the producer... the revelant comments and the personal experience of a Douro producer, essential to begin trying to fully understand the wine year that just ended, as well as the reality and the problems that the Douro currently faces.      This year's lucid and current testimony of Alexandre Antas Botelho (traditional Douro wine producer, Director of Porto Dos Santos and partner of Noble & Murat):     "Regarding this year, the word ..read more
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Douro harvest field work 2023, 2nd act: at Quinta da Gricha (Churchill's)
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5M ago
  EN/PT      Quinta da Gricha, Ervedosa do Douro, Cima Corgo sub-region.     Before harvesting grapes for red Port wines, planning and deciding on the right moment to harvest are essential, since at the winery, the fermentation processes for Port wines are usually much shorter when compared to D.O.C. Douro wines, i.e., about two days, therefore time is short to ensure a good extraction of all grape components before fortification.      After a selection in the vineyard when harvesting, there's a selection upon arrival at the winery and gr ..read more
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Douro harvest field work 2023: at Van Zellers & Co.
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6M ago
 EN/PT     The hustle and bustle in the Van Zellers & Co. winery, in São João da Pesqueira with the beginning (mid-September) of the harvest for Douro D.O.C. red wines - here, the arrival of the first grapes manually harvested for the iconic "CV" red 2023 - after a few days of climate instability, of intermittent rains in the middle of the harvest. These are the grapes from a unique and special vineyard, over 80 years old called "Vinha das Silvas" (a vine in a difficult to access location in the Torto river valley, a traditional 3 hectares vineyard with a diversity of more ..read more
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The 2023 Douro harvest "Benefício"
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9M ago
 EN/PT  In 2023, the amount of Port wine to be produced was reduced and set at 104.000 casks (of 550 liters).     According to the 2023 Annual Harvest Announcement for the Douro wine region issued by the IVDP - The Porto and Douro Wine Institute, last 14th July 2023, by decision of the Interprofessional Council (IC) of this entity (which is the governing body of the IVDP that represents production and commerce, this one with two specialized sections, Port and Douro, and also the representations of the public interest and consumers), the "Benefício" or the authorized ..read more
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