Port and the Douro (Infinite Ideas Classic Wine)

188 Port anD the Douro 1969 * Desavinho (coulure) in May and an attack of mildew in early June cut down potential production, en ...

vintage Port 189 Although the standard is not as quite as high across the board as in 1963, there are a number of really stupend ...

190 Port anD the Douro really showing their age (Martinez, Quinta do Noval). The best wines still retain layer upon layer of ric ...

vintage Port 191 1957 Irregular weather with a very wet June. Apart from a few isolated examples, not generally declared. Wines ...

192 Port anD the Douro 1948 ***** rich, ripe, opulent wines Following a wet winter, bud burst was prolific and fruit set was goo ...

vintage Port 193 wines ‘took fair work but were inclined to reach very high temperatures towards the end of fermentation’. Every ...

194 Port anD the Douro prove good wine as there was an absolute absence of disease of any kind.’ The wines are now scarce but fr ...

vintage Port 195 1931, mostly for their own consumption. Ramos Pinto is fine, seductive and elegant with some underlying power. ...

196 Port anD the Douro be a better than ordinary vintage...’ He has been proved right. Dow’s (last tasted in 1998) is extraordin ...

vintage Port 197 wrote the former; ‘Everything points to 1908 turning out to be the best year since phylloxera swept away all th ...

198 Port anD the Douro 1897 **** After the widely declared 1896 vintage, only a handful of shippers declared, mostly as a mark o ...

vintage Port 199 1851 Produced from pre-phylloxera grapes, I tasted this wine at the birthday celebration organised for me by me ...

200 Port anD the Douro serving port With the exception of vintage, crusted and unfiltered LBV, all Port can be poured directly f ...

vintage Port 201 sized glasses, filled to the brim. Although Port is generally served after a meal and therefore drunk in smalle ...

202 Port anD the Douro Passing the Port: the Bishop of norwich Port, either in bottle or decanter, is traditionally passed from ...

6. Port producers and shippers the struCture oF the traDe The Port trade is dominated by brands. It has been, to a greater or le ...

204 Port anD the Douro The term ‘shipper’ dates from the era when Port companies were little more than agents taking a commissio ...

Port ProDuCers anD shiPPers 205 shipments, but five groups now dominate the trade. Symington Family Estates (with Cockburn, Dow, ...

206 Port anD the Douro two lodges in Vila Nova de Gaia, one of which used to belong to Mackenzie Driscoll, and the name has serv ...

Port ProDuCers anD shiPPers 207 supple and attractive (1995, 1987, for example) but Barros declares on a frequent basis and the ...