Wine
Pairing Quevedo Rose Port and Nespresso Leggero
During the last week-end in the Porto & Douro Wine Show, which took place in Lisbon, there was something that caught my attention: Port and coffee parings! Great experience to have a sip of Nespresso Leggero coffee, followed by a sip of our Rose Port and then enjoy the tasting of this blend in your month! [...]
How well is ageing our single varietal Port Wine?
Honestly I don’t really know how are the Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Sousão, Tinto Cão and Tinta Roriz Ports aging. They are already in 250 liters barrels and after Christmas we will make the first tasting. Any volunteers to help us? Meanwhile, I asked my friends to share with us what they expect from the [...]
Is there more “Port Wine” in the world besides the one produced in the Douro?
During my trip to Hong Kong there was something that made me sad. Over the last four of five years I have been realizing how difficult is to build a brand. As said, only the first 100 years are difficult. And this is even more true for Port Wine. It took many years for Port [...]
Our new brand of still wine: Oscar’s is born!
Dear readers of our blog, we have come up with a new idea. Something about wine, of course. We wanted to create a new wine, more informal and modern that the wines that we have at Quevedo. Something easy-drinking and fruity, probably not traditional and responsible enough to have it under a Quevedo brand. Its [...]
Vintage Port 2007 General Tasting at Palácio da Bolsa, Porto
Yesterday Quevedo attended a tasting of Vintage Port 2007 for the Portuguese press and trade in the Palácio da Bolsa, in Porto. The tasting, organized by the IVDP, by the Porto Wine Producers Association and by Essência do Vinho, got together around 50 producers only for tasting their Vintage Ports 2007. I had already tasted [...]
Single varietal Port experiment – it we get something excellent we will bottle it!
Some of you have probably noticed while reading our blog. We are making some experiments with single-varietal Port Wine. I’m sure many other producers have already made it. Maybe you have already tasted a single-varietal Port. But for us at Quevedo is the first time we are making it in a full dedicated way. And [...]
2007 Vintage Port Declaration – The opinion of Roy Hersh
When I was in Sammamish, Seattle, I was lucky enough to visit the private cellar of Roy Hersh. While I was contemplating some big Port Wine treasures, I asked Roy to share with us his opinion about the 2007 Vintage Port declaration. At the very end of the interview, the memory stick ran out of [...]
Some great Port Wine treasures kept secretly in American private cellars
A couple of weeks ago I was in Seattle. There were some good excuses to visit Roy Hersh: 1. to check if the weather in Seattle is so gray as people say? 2. does Roy have any other bottle in his private cellar besides Port Wine? 3. is Boeing developing a seaplane specially adapted to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
