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DER FEINSCHMECKER zeichnet den PORTWEIN-SHOP aus

Bereits zum zweiten Mal wurde jetzt der Portwein-Shop von der Zeitschrift DER FEINSCHMECKER ausgezeichnet.

Zusammen mit der aktuellen Ausgabe ist eine Sonderausgabe erschienen "DIE 600 BESTEN WEINLÄDEN IN DEUTSCHLAND 2012". Darin ist erneut der PORTWEIN-SHOP bei den besten Online-Versendern gelistet.

"Für Portwein-Fans ist diese Adresse ein Muss. Alles, was in der portugiesischen Weinwelt Rang und Namen hat, ist hier vertreten, von J.H.Andresen über Delaforce bis Quarles Harris. Man kann den virtuellen Weinvorrat nach Jahrgängen oder über Eingabe des Produzentennamens durchsuchen. Außerdem gibt es in diesem Onlineshop viele gute Sherrys zu entdecken. Tipp: Besuchen Sie den "Port-Blog" auf der rechten Seite der Hompage. Dort sind aktuelle Infos aus der Portwein-Szene zu finden sowie Dutzende Links zu Produzenten, Wein- und Food-Blogs, Hotels, Restaurants etc.

Anzahl der Weine: 1200

Weiteres Angebot: Olivenöl"

 

Natürlich freue ich mich und bin auch ein wenig stolz, wieder zu den Top-Adressen ind Deutschland zu gehören.

 

 

 

Portugal: Tiefrotes Wohlgefühl - Reise - Stuttgarter Zeitung

Porto - Karg und steinig ist das Dourotal, die Heimat des Portweins, nicht lieblich wie die Toskana. Jeder Tropfen wird den Felsen abgerungen. Die Winter sind kalt, die Sommer extrem heiß. Wer Porto, die barocke Stadt der Portweinbarone, verstehen will, muss im Alto Douro gewesen sein - kein Landstrich zum Verlieben. Es sei denn, man sucht eine leichte Tristesse, wie sie Tabuaço verströmt, ein ruhiger Ort in den Weinbergen. Der süße Wein hat Porto, die Stadt im grünen, kühleren Norden Portugals, reich und berühmt gemacht, seit 400 Jahren. Vor dem Bau der Staustufen, damals fuhren auf dem Douro keine Kreuzfahrtschiffe, war er ein wilder Fluss, mit Stromschnellen und engen Passagen.

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It’s a great year to sail into a vintage port - Telegraph

I realise that to some people the words “vintage port” have an exhausting ring of old-fashioned London clubs, passing the decanter to the left and knowingly being asked if you know the Bishop of Norwich (a bon viveur who famously, allegedly, hogged the decanter, and therefore code for: “Can you get it moving in this direction please?”).

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The Exceptional 2011 Vintage Port: Trailer - JamesSuckling.com | Wine ratings, Wine reviews, Wine tasting notes & Wine videos

May 22, 2013

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Decanter World Wine Awards 2013: Portuguese trophy & gold medal winners | Sarah Ahmed - The Wine Detective

The results of Decanter World Wine Awards have just been officially announced at London International Wine Fair (LIWF).  Below you’ll find a list of the Portuguese wines my panel awarded Gold medals and trophies.

via www.thewinedetective.co.uk

Markets respond to ‘stunning’ 2011 Ports

Just two weeks since his company declared its 2011s and with the main US push not due to start until next month, Adrian Bridge, CEO of The Fladgate Partnership, confirmed: “Around the world there is strong interest.”

via www.thedrinksbusiness.com

2011 Vintage Port | Christian Seely’s Blog

I am in the Douro right now, where the weather is fine and sunny and spirits are high. On Monday, the Institute of Masters of Wine organised a fantastic tasting in London of all the declared 2011 Vintage Ports, which confirmed that we have a great Vintage on our hands.

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Quinta do Panascal Visitor's Centre | Fonseca Port

Quinta do Panascal has been open to the public since 1992, one of the first to be so in the Douro valley region.

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New map of the Douro offered by Christie’s

A further six lots of Port from Noval, Taylor’s, Graham’s and Fonseca will go under the hammer at the sale.

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Tried & tasted: Niepoort Vintage Port 2011 & Niepoort Bioma Vintage Port 2011 | Sarah Ahmed - The Wine Detective

Continuing my reports on 2011 Vintage Ports below you’ll find my notes on one of my favourite releases of the vintage, the Niepoort Vintage Port 2011 and sister wine Bioma, the latter of which will be bottled next year.

via www.thewinedetective.co.uk

Vintage Port Notes - Recent - Vintage Port and Madeira Wine - Richard Mayson

Cockburn, one of the great names in Port, has long held a rather idiosyncratic approach to declaring vintages. They missed out on some classic years in the last century: 1945, 1966 (preferring 1967) and 1977 (preferring 1978). Not helped by number of weak wines in the 1980s, Cockburn’s lost their reputation for vintage Port having turned their attention to Special Reserve,  a wine into which they put an enormous amount of effort in the vineyard, winemaking and marketing. It grew, justifiably, into the number one Port brand in the UK.     

via www.richardmayson.com

The 2011 Vintage Ports: 30 wines rated from this highly regarded vintage

2011 Vintage Ports A great vintage, universally declared: my report on 30 of the best

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Jancis Robinson. Vinhos do Porto para beber só a partir de 2020 ou 2070 - Dinheiro Vivo

Segundo a Wines of Portugal, marca criada para a promoção do vinho português em mercados externos e gerida pela ViniPortugal, a Master of Wine apontou o Taylor's Vargellas Vinha Velha Vintage 2011, como “talvez o melhor vinho feito, no mundo, em 2011”.

via www.dinheirovivo.pt

Vintage Port Declaration – what does it mean

During these last months we have seen many Port producers declaring the production of Vintage Port from the 2011 harvest. This means that there will be a big percentage of Port producers releasing 2011 Vintage Port. That being said, we can say that the harvest of 2011 was very generous for Port producers, making it possible to produce outstanding Port, across different villages and terroirs, almost all over the Douro, or at least, in the Cima-Corgo and Douro Superior areas.

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Winemaker statements about Vintage Port wine 2011

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Niepoort Newsletter May 2013 - 2011 Vintage Ports

Yes, we declared Vintage 2011 Port!"2011 Vintages, in general, are powerfull, concise and with an extraordinary terroir expression. Luxurious tannins, perfect acidity and a unique elegance. Perfect Vintages for the next 50 years...or more."Dirk NiepoortNiepoort Vintage 2011   2011 Vintage continues Niepoort’s tradition to create balanced Ports with great concentration but fine and delicate."There is little doubt that 2011 produced some stunning vintage ports, into which more effort and skill has gone than any other previous vintage in the Douro. And I find it impossible to think of any other wine region, anywhere in the world, that produced better wines." 18,5++ Drink 2030-2070 by Jancis Robinson"A vibrant Port in colour and on the palate with lovely florality.(...)Already so charming and elegant such is its exquisite balance, built for the long haul." The Wine Detective Sarah Ahmed  

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Tried & tasted: Ramos Pinto Vintage Port 2011 | Sarah Ahmed - The Wine Detective

Resuming my Vintage Port 2011 reports, Ramos Pinto have produced a superlative wine.

via www.thewinedetective.co.uk

First port of call - FT.com

Could 2011 be the vintage to put vintage port back on the fine wine map? I do hope so. I have never been as excited by the launch of a clutch of vintage ports. The quality of the best examples, of which there are many, is outstanding. There is a sense of wine producers having risen to the occasion of a growing season that could have been ordinary but was decidedly extraordinary in the end. And the competition between them to produce the finest examples has never been keener.

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Will Lyons on Wine: Seeking a Safe Port, No Storms - WSJ.com

THERE ARE A FEW NOTABLE EVENTS in life—the birth of a child, perhaps, one's wedding day, or the arrival of a godchild—that demand a symbolic purchase. Those who turn to wine will naturally want something that can age well—a case of wine they can squirrel away in the cellar, safe in the knowledge that when they return to open it in 25 years' time it will have transformed its character and perhaps even tripled in value. There are several options for this, most notably red Bordeaux and Burgundy, but for a wine with genuine aging potential one should look no further than vintage port, which will quite happily go on improving for 50 years or more.

via online.wsj.com

Quinta da Romaneira

Romaneira is one of the great historic Quintas of the Douro Valley in Northern Portugal, on a spectacularly beautiful site overlooking the Douro river facing south, its rocky soil lending its particular character to the wines.

via www.quintadaromaneira.pt

Quinta de la Rosa joins declarations

Following in the wake of all the major houses, including Sogrape, Symington Family Estates, The Fladgate Partnership, Churchill’s, Niepoort and Ramos Pinto, Sophia Bergqvist, co-owner of Quinta de la Rosa, hailed 2011 as an “exceptional” vintage.

via www.thedrinksbusiness.com