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Oscar’s 2008 and some Quevedo Ports are now being listed on Naked Wines, an UK online wine retailer

Can you imagine what is happening to us? Our Douro wine Oscar’s 2008 and some Ports are now being listed on Naked Wines!! Yes, you read it correctly, naked wines. Does it mean that I’ll be naked in upcoming tastings? No, fortunately for everyone! It means that Oscar’s 2008 and some of our Ports can [...]

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Quevedo nominated for Best Winery Blog

Dear readers of our blog, it is time to judge us. This time not by tasting our wines, but because we were nominated for Best Winery Blog from the Wine Blog Awards. I had never expected that a Port producer located in a remote region in the north of Portugal could attract the visibility for [...]

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Quevedo is finally exporting to the US

This is a big step for a small family winery from the Douro. Few weeks after starting this blog, in July 2008, I put as two of our goals to find an importer for our wines in the UK and other in the US. Last November we found an importer in the UK: Wine Fantastic. And in [...]

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Jazz music is the best way to end the day at Prowein wine fair

Prowein is one of the most important wine fairs. It takes place in Dusseldorf, Germany, every March. During three days we have the opportunity to talk to our clients and meet new people looking for new wines to distribute. At the end of the day everyone is tired and always looking for a good opportunity [...]

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Judging Our 2007 Vintage Port – We rather you do it

At its most basic level, wine tastings are a fun experience. We check out the wine’s color, smell its bouquet, and most importantly, we taste the wine. Universally, this is accepted as the essential steps of tasting; but the irony is, we all have different sensations, feelings and experiences towards each and every wine. Some [...]

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Bad weather conditions damage our winery

The bad weather of the last week-end left a trace of destruction almost everywhere in Portugal. After landslides reported in Azores, heavy rain in the north and center of Portugal with floods in the Tejo valley, in the Douro the troblemaker was the wind. At our winery, the most affected part was the roof of [...]

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Music-pairing: Rosé with Ruby?

Last week, we were watching Porto-Arsenal at a friend’s and Óscar brought the new Rosé Port for a preview tasting. Forgetting football, food and friends, the Rosé was the best part of the evening. And somewhere in the second glass of it, a music came to my mind as a perfect pair for the wine: [...]

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Works at the winery – what comes next?

This is a photo of the area around our winery. In the last weeks we have been working in this area. At the same time, in the edge, we have planted some olive trees.  My question for you is: what will we do in this area? Tip: until some months ago there were red vines [...]

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Douro river is rising – dams can’t sustain all the water

How many of you can recognize this road? And how many of you know where this dam is located? It has been raining a lot here and the soils can’t absorb more water. So all the water goes down the hill, quickly reaching the streams that take the water to the Douro river. Is this [...]

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The snow is again in the Douro – bring the skiis, we have some nice slopes

The snow is covering the Douro valley of white. Beautiful scenario in a very cold and rainy Winter so far. At the same time, these cold temperatures are helping in the clearing of the wines. But enough is enough and also our pet thinks we don’t need more cold. Spring, we are all waiting for [...]

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