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The Harvest 2008: How The City Guys Saw It In Quevedo
Editor’s note: Since 2002, my friends from University have come to our winery one week-end during the harvest, helping us to pick-up grapes, to bring it to the winery and also to make wine. This year the ritual was the same and we asked João Sarmento to write about that week-end and post it in [...]
Tired Men and Women, a Few Scratches, the Birth of a Magic Quevedo White Port
Our harvest is done.
Excruciating back pain and a smile in the face, that’s how we feel.
I’m too tired to tell you the full version of the story but I can give you de bottom line: Quevedo’s family knows how to receive their friends, and know how to do some of the best wines in the [...]
Coming up soon: The Mistery of the Harvest at Quevedo’s Winery
A new movie debuting in São João da Pesqueira:
The plot was written long ago by Quevedo’s history. A collection of well known steps, improved every year, learning with the experience of the elders.
The set is fully prepared: a long shiny vineyard charged with bunches of beautiful red grapes. Douro glinting as backdrop.
The cast? Fifteen good [...]
Harvest Probably One Week Later Than in 2007
The vintage is close and ripening control is very important to define the date of the harvest and to define the order that different fields should be harvest within the same vineyard.
We were carrying out ripening controls in Quinta da Alegria (up Cima-Corgo) on August 29th and in Quinta das Olgas (Douro Superior) on September [...]
Far Away From Douro, Thinking About Ripening
Hello, here I am again, this time writing from the beach, as we are spending a week of vacation in Algarve. This much desired vacation is very useful to reload batteries for the upcoming vintage and to take Beatriz to the beach.
By the way, I had never talked about the little Beatriz, my daughter who [...]
Preparing the Vintage
Hello, I am Cláudia Quevedo and I want to talk to you about the color change of the grapes. This phase is a beautiful moment for both, vines and farmers. The vineyards become all coloured- from the green of the leaves to the blackish of the grapes- and farmers feel closer the hustle and bustle of [...]
Family
João Quevedo, on the right: He is the patriarch of the Quevedo family. João was born in 1915 in Porto, where he spent part of his youth. He studied in Porto and also S. João da Pesqueira. He started working in the Tax Office of Vidigueira, a small town in the middle of Alentejo, where [...]
Quevedo Port Wine Press Release for the date of November, 6th, 2008
QUEVEDO LAUNCHES THE FIRST BLOG FROM A PORT PRODUCER
As of October, the Port Wine producer, QUEVEDO, has created a blog with the purpose of educating and promoting port wine worldwide, especially among first time wine consumers. Through this marketing communication initiative - available in www.quevedoportwine.com - Quevedo is forming an innovative and sincere relationship with [...]
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. 