Archive for July, 2009
American Wine Bloggers Conference – a great opportunity to see how Californian wineries promote their wines
Last week-end took place in Sonoma and Napa, CA, the second American Wine Bloggers Conference (check here the agenda). As we in Quevedo decided to embrace wine social media one year ago, I thought it was worth the effort to come to the US and attending to this bloggers’ meeting. This was my very first [...]
Wine tasting with NY Port Wine Lovers – Thank you Social Media
Exactly one year after we started talking about what was happening around us, here in our blog, I will share with you a good example of how wine social media can help to put together producers and consumers, eliminating any barrier between them. As those who follow this blog know, I’m currently in a 3 [...]
Summer wine tastings in the Douro Museum – come over and taste Quevedo’s
The Douro Museum is one of the most recent places of attraction for those who visit Douro. It was inaugurated last December, and since then it has received the attention of the local folks as well as tourists and researchers of the Douro Valley. During July, the Douro Museum is promoting wine tastings every week-end, [...]
First thoughts of my trip: US economy is not good, but that is not bad for wine
During this first couple of days in New York I have been spending some time focusing on peoples’ behavior. It is not difficult to figure out that the American economy is not breathing health and there is two indicators that help me to justify it: there is a considerable number of shops and offices for [...]
Three-week trip to US – Wine Bloggers Conference and other Port Wine Tastings – here we go!
Today we will start a 3 weeks trip to the US. I’m traveling with Nadia and this intends to be a half vacation/ half business trip. I left the Douro last week, some minutes after recording the video of my last post. I spent a couple of days in Porto and then I traveled to [...]
Overcrowded bunches of Touriga Franca – risk of decay
Very good weather conditions during the flowering (warm temperatures and slow wind) originated a high rate of fertilized berries. This situation seldom occurs because during the month of May temperatures are unstable and there’s a high probability of rain. This year, nearly all of the flowers of our bunches were fertilized. This becomes a big [...]
2007 Vintage Port Declaration – The opinion of Axel Probst
The general declaration of the Vintage Port 2007 by several producers, has attracting the attention of many specialists’ all around the world. We at Quevedo have also declared the Vintage 2007 and some Port Wine critics or simply lovers of the Douro and its juices, are coming to our winery to try our 07. One [...]
Living in Germany? Now you can buy Quevedo online
Since the begging of July our wines, Ports and Douro, are available in Germany. Wein-im-Internet is an online wine shop based in Berlin and managed by Mr. Frank Biesler. This shop is selling our wines through Internet. All our portfolio is available, so if you want to try our wines click here and you will [...]
Quevedo was founded in 1991 as a family owned business in the heart of the Douro valley, responding to the needs of the generations that preceded the associate founders. These ancestors were passionately dedicated to their vineyards and to the culture that surrounded the production of wine. Consequently, the company was created as a seamless marriage between the initial phase of production and the promotion and selling of their wines. Currently, the estate is comprised of 100 hectares located in the regions of Cima-Corgo and Douro Superior, producing both red and port wines from only the five traditional port grapes Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cão and Tinta Barroca.