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LBV port suffering from supermarket discounting
Supermarket discounts have made it uneconomic for many port houses to produce LBV, AXA wine chief Christian Seely says.
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Fladgate port house opens luxury spa in Douro
The Fladgate Partnership, owners of port houses Taylor’s, Fonseca, Croft and Delaforce is to open a luxury hotel and wine spa.
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Douro Boys to auction special anniversary cuvée – and surfing lessons
The ‘Douro Boys’ are to celebrate their fifth anniversary with an auction of 500 magnums of a special cuvee – and a variety of special lots.
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M&S launches ladies’ port
Marks and Spencer has announced the launch of Pink Port: ‘a brand new Port style… targeting the younger, female port drinker.’
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Delaforce sold to RCV
The major port brand of Delaforce has been sold to Royal Companhia Velha.
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Douro Boy invests millions in winery, vineyard
A prominent Douro producer is defying the global downturn by investing more than €7m in a new winery and vineyards.
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Port sales continue to fall
Port exports hit a five-year low in 2008, with the global economy being blamed for the fall.
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Montes to produce wines in the Douro
Leading Chilean producer Montes is set to produce wines in the Douro.
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Symington acquires Quinta de Roriz
Symington Family Estates has acquired the prestigious Quinta de Roriz vineyard in the Douro.
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Magrez sells Bergerac vineyard, buys in the Douro
Bernard Magrez, owner of Chateau Pape Clement in Bordeaux and 34 other estates worldwide, has sold his Bergerac property Domaine des Songes, and bought a vineyard in the Douro Valley.
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Tinto Cao (red)
One of the rarest, high quality port grapes grown in the Douro Valley, highly prized for its spicy character.
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Australia banned from using Champagne, Sherry and Port on labels
Australian winemakers have been banned from using the words Champagne, Port and Sherry on their labels under a major EU deal.
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The Yeatman luxury hotel opens in DouroThe Yeatman, the luxury wine-spa hotel created by The Fladgate Partnership – owners of Taylor’s, Fonseca and Croft Port houses – celebrates its inauguration on Sunday.
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Cockburn’s Port sold to Symington Family EstatesCockburn’s Port has been sold by Beam Global Spirits & Wine to Symington Family Estates for an undisclosed sum.
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Taylor’s releases £2,500 PortA pre-phylloxera tawny port with more than 150 years of cask age has been released by Taylor’s with a price-tag of £2,500 a bottle, breaking new ground for the category.
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Peter Cobb
Peter Cobb, judge on the DWWA Port & Madeira and Portugal panels in 2010
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Godfrey Spence
Godfrey Spence, judge for the DWWA Port & Madeira panel in 2010
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Port houses at odds over 2009The two biggest Port houses have taken radically different decisions on announcing their 2009s are either 'outstanding' – or not good enough to declare.
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Low Port yields expected after hail, sunburnPort producers in the Douro Valley expect yields to be down this year after being hit by hail, and extreme heat, in the past two months.
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Symington acquires Douro vineyard after 100-year waitThe Symington family has bought a 30-hectare Douro estate it has been eyeing for the past century, shrugging off concerns about falling global Port consumption.
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The Decanter Port Reader Weekend: Taylor’s, Graham’s, Vargellas and VesuvioDecanter’s latest Reader Weekend saw wine lovers head to Portugal’s Douro for an unforgettable trip.
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Port will overtake sherry by 2020 says reportPort is set to overtake sherry as the leading fortified wine in the UK by 2020, according to a major port shipper.
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Quinta da Romaneira sold, Seely increases stakeQuinta da Romaneira, one of the Douro Valley's largest estates, covering 400 hectares with 85 hectares planted to vines, has been sold by investment group IDI.
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Major port houses set to declare 2011Most major port houses are expected to declare the highly-anticipated 2011 vintage over the coming weeks, with Sogrape Vinhos the first to show its hand.
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Port 2011 hailed ‘classic’ as producers rush to declareThe 2011 Port vintage is set to become the first widely declared year since 2007, with the wines hailed as 'classics', with a character 'rarely seen in the Douro Valley'.
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Fladgate buys Wiese & KrohnThe Fladgate Partnership, the owner of Taylor's Port, has continued the trend of consolidation in the industry by buying tawny specialist Wiese & Krohn.
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Port houses finding 2011 vintage hard to followPort houses have shied away from widespread declarations of the 2012 vintage, following the excitement generated by the 2011 wines a year ago.
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Taylor’s launches rare 1863 PortTaylor's is looking to take advantage of rising interest in aged and rare Ports among fine wine buyers by launching a single harvest Tawny from the mid-19th Century.
