Portugal

Quinta do Vale Meão 2009

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One of the Portuguese wineries that is currently most in vogue and which, although it was officially founded in 1998, dates its wine-producing history back to 1877 when Doña Antónia Adelaide Ferreira, an illustrious figure and a fine artisan of high quality wines in Portugal,...
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Graham’s Port Vintage 2011

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The Grahams started out as textile manufacturers in Glasgow and became involved in the wine business by accident, in 1820, when they accepted casks of port in payment of a debt. Today the company is overseen by the Symington family, who has been involved in port wine trading...
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Dow´s Vintage 2011

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Dow's is a port company with over 200 years of history. In 1877, James Ramsey Dow decided to merge his company with Silva & Cosens, the largest company at the time. They adopted the Dow’s brand name for all their ports. Edward da Silva's financial astuteness, James Ramsay Dow's...
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Quinta do Ataide 2009

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With a long history of shipping port dating back to the 19th century, the Symington family began investing in table wines in the Douro region in the 1980’s, growing the first single varietal vineyards in the area.  In 2004, it acquired the Quinta do Ataíde and the Quinta do...
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Quinta do Noval Vintage Port 2003

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The name of this property first appeared in land registers in the year 1715.  After changing hands several times, after the phylloxera plague and following a devastating fire in 1981, the port house was bought by AXA Millésimes in 1993.  What sets this port house apart from...
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