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Quevedo Hosts the First Live 2009 Harvest in the Douro
Quevedo, Port and Douro wine producer, is streaming live the harvest in its vineyards in the Douro to a wine tasting room in London. The live video will be shown next Tuesday, September 22nd 2009 in a big screen of the Boutique Wineries Tasting’s (BWT) main room. At the same time, all the video streaming [...]
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 [...]
To Grandpa João
Note from Oscar: I received this message from Pedro and Bruno, after my Grandpa João passed away on the 5th of March. I think I should share with you. “Two hands will be missed when the bottling line is moving faster And a smile when we arrive at the fireplace. One will be missed at [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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