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Hopes rise for 2015 Port wine harvest -
Croft Port opens Duoro Valley vineyard to tourists -
Taylor’s owner re-acquires Vintage House Hotel in Douro -
Port over £10Find out who won the regional trophy for over £10
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Port houses declare 2000 vintageFour leading Port houses - Graham's, Dow's, Warre's and Quinta do Vesuvio - have declared the 2000 vintage.
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Four more port houses declare 2000
Port houses Taylor's, Fonseca, Croft and Delaforce have all declared 2000 a vintage.
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Port houses declare 2007 vintage
Several Port houses, including the Symington and Sogrape brands as well as Niepoort, have declared the 2007 vintage. Others are expected to follow.
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Noval and Fladgate declare 2007 Port
Quinta do Noval and the Fladgate Partnership houses have declared the 2007 Port vintage, in line with Niepoort and Symington Family Estates.
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2008 to follow 2007 Port declaration?
Some Port estates may declare again in 2008, it has emerged.
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2007 Port sales defy recession
Port shippers are reporting buoyant sales of the recently-declared 2007 vintage, with strong demand in the recession-battered UK market depleting stocks.
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Wine Advocate: high praise for Port 2007
Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate has offered a ringing endorsement of the 2007 Port vintage, with 40 out of 59 wines tasted awarded 90 or more points.
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DWWA 2014 Regional Trophy: Port over £15This year's Decanter World Wine Awards Regional Trophy for Port over £15 went to Ramos Pinto, RP., Late Bottle Vintage 2009 (19.5%)
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Video: Christian Seely on LBV PortManaging Director of AXA Millésimes, Christian Seely, talks to Amy Wislocki about Late Bottled Vintage Port.
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Quinta do Noval declares ‘small quantity’ of Port 2013 vintageFamed Douro Valley property Quinta do Noval has released a ‘very small quantity’ of 2013 vintage Port, bucking the general trend of non-declaration by major Port houses.
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Global Tastings 2014: Clérigos, Porto, Portugal -
Port and Madeira
Read full profiles of Port and Madeira's Regional Chair, Richard Mayson, and previous DWWA judges for Port and Madeira.
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Major Port house goes back to human feet
One of the biggest names in Port is rejecting automatic treaders in favour of the classic method of foot-treading.
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Port ambassador Bruce Guimaraens dies
Bruce Duncan Guimaraens, winemaker for Taylor Fonseca, has died of a heart attack. He was 66.
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Symington, Niepoort declare vintage
The Symington Family Port Company has confirmed that each of its Port houses will declare a 2003 vintage.
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Port 2003: vintage report
2003 has been declared a vintage by all the major the Port houses - and the wines look well-structured and certainly long-lived.
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Port producers take stock of hail damage
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New Releases and products seeking representation
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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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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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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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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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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
