How to open and decant a Vintage Port

Vinho Verde. The light heavyweight or surprisingly surprising.

The Alentejo (Portuguese além de Tejo = beyond the Tejo), which is located behind the Tejo as seen from Lisbon, is predominantly hot and dry.

Vini Portugal's official map of the wine growing regions of Portugal

DOP - Designation of origin

Touriga Franca is a thick skinned red grape variety from northern Portugal.

Touriga Nacional is the autochthonous red reference variety of Portugal.

Dow's was the brand name of Silva & Cosens' port wines and is now one of the top brands of the Symington Family Estates.

The shipper W. & J. Graham is one of the most prominent port wine producers on the scene. Today, the house, which has been in existence for around 200 years, belongs to the Symingtons.

Info about the Port shipper J.W. Burmester

There can still be found more than a hundred different grape varieties in the Douro Valley.

Die Wiege des Portweins liegt entlang des Rio Douro und seiner Nebenflüsse im Nordosten Portugals. Der in Spanien entspringende Strom (span.: Duero) durchfließt Portugal von Osten nach Westen und mündet bei Porto in den Atlantik.

Die ältesten Belege für einen Weinanbau in der Douro-Region stammen aus der Bronzezeit; Traubenkerne und Weinreben aus jener Zeit wurden an einigen Stellen gefunden. Während der römischen Besatzung dehnte sich der Weinbau weiter aus...

Interview with Ruth Lindenblatt about Madeira wine on Info-Radio Berlin (in German)

Interview with Karsten Kubin about Port (in German)

The Portuguese word quinta means country estate or vineyard and is used, as everywhere in the country, also in the Douro...