Quinta do Portal Douro Colheita Red 2012 Quinta do Portal is a family winemaking company that embraced with passion the “Boutique Winery” concept. They produce DOC Douro wines, Port Wines and Moscatel. Their wine making started in the early 90’s of the XX century, and its base was a centenary estate where the family has been producing Port since the last years of the XIX century. The family’s effort, passion and dedication have been recognized both at a national and international level during the course of the years. The 2011 vintage earned a top spot on the Wine Spectators “Top 100 List”, let’s see how the 2012 does. The wine…
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Quinta do Vallado 2013 Douro Reserva Branco Quinta do Vallado, established in 1716, is one of the oldest and most famous “Quintas” in the Douro Valley. It once belonged to the legendary Dona Antónia Adelaide Ferreira, and still belongs to her descendents. It lies on both banks of the Corgo River, a tributary of the Douro river, near its mouth, close to the town of Peso da Régua. For almost 200 years, Quinta do Vallado´s main activity was the production of Porto wines that were commercialized by the Ferreira Port House (belonging to the Ferreira family). Following Dona Antónia Adelaide Ferreira´s great achievement, her Great grand-son Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, and…
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Quinta do Sagrado 2007 Reserva Douro Tinto One of the most representative Quintas in the Douro, located near the mouth of the Pinhão River, has belonged to the Calem family (now in its 5th and 6th generations) for about 150 years, and before that was owned by the A.A. Calem & Filho, Lda. company. When it started, there were neither trains nor tanker-trucks, so it was designed to receive the wines produced at the Quinta and at the Region’s other landholdings, and from there transport them via barge (known as Barco Rebelo), to the main warehouses on Diogo Leite Avenue in Vila Nova de Gaia. The Quinta do Sagrado, located…