Archive for June, 2009

New friends visiting our winery – Welcome The Port Forum and For the Love of Port

During the last week-end we received at our winery some folks with who I use to talk online while they share their knowledge about Port in the forum For the Love of Port and The Port Forum. As you can imagine, while sitting with people that love so much Port Wine like these new friends [...]

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Vinexpo is over and asked Stéphane Profit to talk about Rosé Port

Vinexpo is over and I am back to S. João da Pesqueira. I have spent five very intense days in Bordeaux, where I had never been before. I just had time to visit one Chateau, Luchey-Halde, where took place the winery bloggers meeting (BTW, a really nice event, masterly organized). From Vinexpo I bring some [...]

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Roy Hersh’s Comments About Quevedo Rosé

Editor’s note: early May we had the pleasure to receive the visit of Mr. Roy Hersh, from For the Love of Port, during the Fortification Tour 2009. On Mr. Hersh’s newsletter of June 2009, which is always one of the best sources of information about Port, he comments on our recent launch Quevedo Rosé. Please [...]

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The First day of Vinexpo is Over – Not many people as expected

The first day of Vinexpo is over and I have to confess I was expecting more visitors. During the morning there were very few people. After lunch more people came over our stand to try our Ports and Douro wines. Our stand is integrated in the IVDP’s general stand as many others Douro producers. The [...]

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High temperatures and a big Storm visit the Douro

Yesterday afternoon it was really hard for me to drive away from the Douro. All day with very high temperatures well over 90º F (32º C), the vines green and beautiful, probably also suffering a little bit. It was too hot even for such a hardy plant. I had to drive from the Douro to [...]

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Releasing the First Colheitas Port: Quevedo 1992 and Quevedo 1994

After having launched the Quevedo Rose Port early last week, we proudly announce two new Colheita Port Wines. Both of them were harvested in the first half of the 90s, the older in 1992 and the younger in1994. “Colheita” (harvest in English) is a designation for Port Wine made of grapes from a single harvest [...]

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The weather is worrying us, we are not ready for an attack of mildew

During the last weeks sudden weather changes have affected the vinegrowing of the Douro Valley. The last days of May were warm and not windy at all, which is perfect for pollination. We were really happy because we thought we would not need to spray our vines and therefore we could minimize the use of [...]

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Our blogger Bruno gets married – Time to celebrate!

Quevedo is still celebrating! Besides the launch of the Rosé Port, this week brought us another not less important event: Bruno’s wedding! Although Bruno has been away from posting on our blog, he continues to bring a lot of ideas and innovation to Quevedo. After a 6-year relationship, Bruno and Lucia decided to get married [...]

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Quevedo Launches a Rosé Port

We have been preparing this moment for a while. All started in mid September 2008 during the harvest. Claudia and me were discussing about the best moment to start harvesting. At the same time we both wanted to try our winemaking capabilities by making our own version of a Rosé Port. This is a easy-drinking [...]

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UK Wine Consumer Habits Study – Please Participate in this Survey

A group of four MSc’s students of the School of Economics and Management (UCP Lisbon) are carrying out a survey about the UK wine consumer preferences, focusing on Port Wine. Dear readers from UK, please take 15 minutes to fill this out. Here is the link . For a statistically significant result they need 400 [...]

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