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Published: 24 April, 2014
Port wine is having a renaissance and London restaurant "The Sign of the Don", in partnership with the Sandeman Port wine, is offering the public a rare chance to sample the wines which go as far back as 1944.
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Published: 23 April, 2014
The Fladgate Partnership has declared the release of three 2012 vintage Ports from Taylor's Quinta do Vargellas, Fonseca's Guimaraens and Croft's QUinta do Roêda on St George's Day.
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Published: 04 April, 2014
Hot on the heels of the 2011 vintage declaration, Port is making a big comeback and harpers.co.uk talks with some of Port's most iconic brand owners.
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Published: 11 March, 2014
Portugal's Mateus is extending its reach with the launch of four new wines combining Portuguese and international grape varieties.
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Published: 06 March, 2014
Portugal says its wine sales are being misrepresented in the UK off-trade - it claims it should be ahead of Argentina and among the top 10 importing countries.
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Published: 03 March, 2014
Alliance Wine has boosted its Scottish sales team and added Portuguese wine Delaforce to its portfolio.
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Published: 28 February, 2014
The UK on-trade is for the last time going to have the chance to literally Discover the Origin of some of the most iconic drink and food products produced in the European Union with a series of masterclasses featuring some of the trade's most well known figures including Gerard Basset MW, MS.
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Published: 26 February, 2014
Combine one part history lesson with another part insight into the runnings of five family businesses, with a final part of tutored wine tastings, and the first Fells wine forum would result.
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Published: 17 February, 2014
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Published: 07 February, 2014
It might not be top of the charts when it comes to sales, but there are few wine countries with as much untapped potential as Portgual. Richard Woodard reports
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Published: 22 January, 2014
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Published: 16 December, 2013
Amorim, the largest cork producer in the world, has broken its own production record after manufacturing more than 4 billion mark cork stoppers this calendar year. The news represents a major boost for cork, which continues its comeback after strong challenges from alternative closures.
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Published: 16 December, 2013
The Fladgate Partnership is set to release a collection of 50 year old single harvest Ports under the Taylor's brand
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Published: 16 December, 2013
Amorim, the largest cork producer in the world, has broken its own production record after manufacturing more than four billion mark cork stoppers this calendar year. The news represents a major boost for cork, which continues its comeback after strong challenges from alternative closures.
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Published: 09 December, 2013
Symington Family Estates has bought the much coveted 30 hectare Quinta da Sabordela vineyard in the Douro valley which will now be incorporated in to the neighbouring Quinta do
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Published: 02 December, 2013
Producers are missing out on revenue from tourism because of a lack of understanding of how the tourism industry works and a failure to see how it could best benefit their core businesses, argued Adrian Bridge, chief executive, of The Fladgate Partnership, in his address to Wine Vision.
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Published: 22 November, 2013
Port producers continue to struggle with the large increases in wine brandy used in the port making that is putting serious pressure on their cost base, according to Symington Family Estatesone of the biggest players in the sector.
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Published: 02 October, 2013
Vinho Verde has reasons to celebrate, with exports hitting an all-time high and the past week marking its 105th birthday as a demarcated region in Portugal.
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Published: 01 October, 2013
The 2013 Port harvest has been hit by heavy rain in the Douro valley, with 34mm falling on Pinhao last Friday and Saturday, and more expected today (Tuesday) and tomorrow.
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Published: 30 September, 2013
With an expanding portfolio, Iberiandrinks is intent on conquering all corners of the UK. Patricia Langton talks to its founders, Diego Somoza and Esperanza Asencio.
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