Download or read book Port and the Douro written by Richard Mayson and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 1999 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Port is indisputably one of the world's great fortified wines. Enthusiasm for Port has never been greater and world-wide shipments continue to break all previous records. This book recounts the fascinating history of Port and the Douro up to the present day. It looks at the physical conditions of the region, grape varieties and vineyards, with an assessment of each of the main quintas in the Douro. It describes how Port is made and the many different styles of Port, from White and Ruby through to Vintage. The author includes his assessment of the wines back to 1960 and major vintages as far back as 1896. A directory of individual Port producers and shippers is included, and an evaluation of the principal producers of the unfortified wines of the Douro. The author concludes with an examination of the prospects for Port and the Douro in the twenty-first century. A book for the armchair wine enthusiast, it includes indispensable information for anyone visiting Oporto and the Douro valley. Previous books on Port have tended to examine this wine in isolation. This book seeks to redress the balance by putting Port wine in context. Book jacket.
Download or read book Port and the Douro written by Richard Mayson and published by . This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in an authoritative but entertaining manner by port expert Richard Mayson, this completely updated edition offers unparalleled insight into the world of port and Douro wines.
Download or read book Port the Douro written by Benjamin Lewin Mw and published by Guides to Wines and Top Vineya. This book was released on 2018-01-05 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Intelligent Guides to Wines and Top Vineyards focus on classic wine-producing regions. This guide discusses the wines of the Douro, including all styles of Port and dry red wines. The guide is divided into two parts. The first part of the guide discusses the regions, and explains the character and range of the wines. The second part profiles the producers. There are detailed profiles of leading houses, showing how each winemaker interprets the local character, and mini-profiles of other important houses and quintas. Description of each area includes its geography, the grape varieties that are grown, how these relate to the styles of wines that are produced, wines from entry level to icons, currents trends and how styles are evolving. Reference wines are recommended for each type of Port or dry wine. The guide is illustrated with photographs of each area, topological maps to show the terrain, road maps to identify the locations of estates, and information on recent vintages. Profiles range from dominant houses who may dominate an appellation to small quintas that define the cutting edge. The profiles identify the best of tradition and innovation in the region. Each profile describes the producer's aims for his wines, and the personality and philosophy behind them. Reference wines are suggested for each house, together with essential information for planning a visit, including address and map location, phone and email contact details, and whether appointments are needed. This Guide is the indispensable means for understanding the Douro, tasting Port and dry wines, and finding the top producers. It is regularly updated to have the latest information.
Download or read book Port the Douro written by Benjamin Lewin and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 600 new producers are included in the updated 2021 editions of the Guides to Wines and Top Vineyards. The series covers classic wine-producing regions wordwide and profiles the top producers. This guide discusses the wines of the Douro, including all styles of Port and dry red and white wines. The guide is divided into two parts. The first part of the guide discusses the regions, and explains the character and range of the wines. The second part profiles the producers, showing how each winemaker interprets the local character. Profiles include 140 producers. Description of each area includes its geography, the grape varieties that are grown, how these relate to the styles of wines that are produced, wines from entry level to icons, current trends and how styles are evolving. References wines are recommended for each region. The guide is illustrated with photographs of each area, topological maps to show the terrain, road maps to identify the locations of estates, and information on recent vintages. Profiles range from producers who may dominate an appellation to small estates that define the cutting edge. The profiles identify the best of tradition and innovation in the region. Each estate profile describes the producer's aims for his wines, and the personality and philosophy behind them. Reference wines are suggested for leading producers. Producer details include essential information for planning a visit.The series are the definitive guides to classic wine-producing regions. This Guide is the indispensable means for understanding Port and the Douro, tasting the wines, and finding the top producers.
Download or read book The Pleasure of Port written by JOÃO PAULO MARTINS and published by Leya. This book was released on 2011-07-11 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Os mistérios do Vinho do Porto ficam aqui desvendados, desde a sua origem nas vinhas do Douro até ao longo sono nas caves de Gaia. Nessa viagem ficaremos a conhecer um pouco da longa história de 300 anos, os métodos de fabrico, as castas e as regras da Denominação de Origem. Mas, mais importante, ficaremos a conhecer os vários tipos de Vinho de Porto, o melhor momento para o consumo de cada um desses tipos, o que se deve e não deve guardar e, no caso dos vintages ¿ a jóia da coroa do Vinho do Porto ¿ algumas sugestões de compra; dos que já estão agora no seu melhor momento de consumo e que por isso deverá comprar para beber e dos outros que serão para guardar. Há sempre uma ocasião certa para consumir este generoso e esse momento é quando nos apetece. Aqui apenas deixamos algumas dicas para que esse momento de prazer seja melhor desfrutado. Como complemento, ficam muitas indicações úteis, desde a constituição dos vários grupos do sector até aos horários de funcionamento dos centros de visitas de Vila Nova de Gaia e, para facilitar a leitura, um glossário dos termos técnicos mais usados ao longo do texto. À sua saúde e¿ Boas leituras acompanhadas de um Vinho do Porto!
Download or read book The Port Companion written by Godfrey Spence and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This companion has a directory of over 50 port houses, with details of over 200 ports. It gives advice on pairing port with food, on decanting, tasting and serving, and includes a section on the history of port.
Download or read book Sacred Britain written by Martin Symington and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2011 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Britain is packed with places to visit that can be called 'sacred'. Many are tourist sites, such as Iona, Lindisfarne and Stonehenge. Many more are out-of-the-way pilgrimage destinations, druidic circles, holy wells or obscure islands that few people would find without this book. Some are only recognised as 'sacred' by people with a special interest: Karl Marx's tomb in Highgate cemetery or the island on Althorp where Princess Diana is buried. This book journeys from pilgrimage sites with tombs of martyrs and scenes of medieval miracles to the remote islands of Iona, Bardsey and Lindisfarne, as well as to modern Buddhist, Hindu and Islamic shrines. It visits pre-historic stone circles and ancient chalk hill carvings such as the phallic Cerne Abbas giant. As well as sites of myth, legend, and apparition it covers shrines to philosophers and locations revered for their connections with art, music, literature, sport and crime.
Download or read book Port Vintages written by Julian D. A. Wiseman and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In many wine regions of the world the best type of wine is made every year. This is not true of Vintage Port. The Port producers do not 'declare' a Vintage Port in every year, only in some, when they believe the wine will have enough power and durability and excellence. For most Port brands, this happens about one year in three. There is an obvious question: which years did which producers declare? There is an obvious route to the answer: ask them. They sent answers, some slightly wrong, some very wrong. Correspondence went along the lines of "Your list doesn't include 1958, but your 1958 exists, and is good." Several previous books have included an appendix listing producers and years. Each has a list of producers by year, or years by producer, with no evidence and no verifiability. All those lists have errors, both of inclusion and omission. Port Vintages has evidence of which Port producers declared which vintages, and for each, all the facts and stories that could be found. It is organised into producer chapters, and within those, by vintage. So Port Vintages is the definitive chronicle of Vintage Port over the last 2 1/2 centuries."--Jacket flap.
Download or read book Rich Rare Red written by Ben Howkins and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and updated third edition of the established standard book on Port. Long the Port guide for The International Wine and Food Socity and required reading for the Wine Education Trust diplomas. As the world demad and prices for Port continue to climb, as new Quintas and shippers emerge, updated infoirmation from an established authority becomes indispensable. The facinating history of the region and the trade along with detailed descriptions of the viticulture and winemaking techniques are covered. Special attention has been give to tasting notes and comments on new labels and through updatingt of the Vintage charts and the aging potential of the great ports. New information is provided on the changes in ownership, the role of great wine families, world market trends and viticultural and enological technical advances. Updated tips on touring the region with sound recommendations for dining and loading. Valuable notes on tasting and evaluating Port, Prot with food and "Ports" from other countries are included.
Download or read book The Wines of Portugal written by MAYSON and published by Academie Du Vin Library Limited. This book was released on 2024-02-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Portugal is rich in native grape varieties, providing much scope for those interested in new wine-drinking experiences - Portugal is a popular holiday destination and this book is the ideal guide for wine tourists - Author is an expert on Portuguese wines and the regional chair for Port and Madeira at the Decanter World Wine Awards - A prolific writer and the author of five books on wine, Richard Mayson is also one of three series editors for The Classic Wine Library Richard Mayson has had a fifty-year relationship with Portugal. During those years Portugal has changed greatly, as have its wines. The cooperatives and wine merchants of the 1970s produced patriotically Portuguese blended wines with little sense of place. Dão, Bairrada and Vinho Verde all existed as demarcated regions but were not fulfilling their potential. Alentejo was unrecognized as a region and unfortified Douro wines were merely a curiosity. The last half century has seen a proliferation of new regions and smaller wine producers growing grapes and making wine expressive of Portugal's many recognized terroirs. The Wines of Portugal begins by detailing the history of Portuguese wine, noting particularly how the long-standing relationship with Britain was instrumental in creating a market for wine. The grapes, including the country's many indigenous varieties, are analyzed in terms of their performance in Portugal's various terroirs. Mayson then goes on to present the regions in four broad categories: wines from the Atlantic littoral, mountain wines, plains wines of the south and the island wines of Madeira and the Azores. A chapter on rosé wine examines how brands such as Mateus kick-started the post-war wine industry, while another explores sparkling wine, for which most DOCs include a provision and which has experienced a recent revival in interest. The producer profiles feature Portugal's leading growers, from the historically important to drivers of change and interesting newcomers. This thorough study from an acknowledged expert in Portuguese wine is an essential addition to any wine-enthusiast's library.
Download or read book A Guide to the Douro and to Port Wine written by Manuel Carvalho and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Women Winemakers written by Lucia Albino Gilbert and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-27 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The passion, courage, and talent of women making their way in a male-dominated field are captured through conversations with women winemakers from throughout California and wine regions of France, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, and Spain. Their stories are told through the lens of four career pathways and the cultural histories of each wine region.
Download or read book Wine Folly written by Madeline Puckette and published by Avery. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A hip, new guide to wine for the new generation of wine drinkers, from the sommelier creators of the award-wining site WineFolly.com"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Douro Valley written by Tina Df Botello and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-01-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the hidden gem of the Douro Valley, where history, culture, and nature coexist harmoniously. The Douro Valley: The Port Wine Hidden Gem delves into the rich history of one of the world's oldest and most renowned wine-making regions, as well as its relationship to the world-renowned Port wine. Explore the breathtaking scenery and traditional villages, sample the delectable local cuisine, and learn the secrets of Port wine tasting and storage. This book will serve as your guide to the region and is the ideal companion for anyone planning a trip or simply wanting to learn more about the Douro Valley and its famous wine. Order your copy now and let your journey to the Douro Valley begin!
Download or read book Port Wine Quintas of the Douro written by Alex Liddell and published by Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications. This book was released on 1992 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Douro River Cruise Travel Guide written by Aya Weiss and published by via tolino media. This book was released on 2023-11-15 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a cultural odyssey along the Douro with "Douro River Cruise Travel Guide," a captivating guide to the top destinations on this historic river cruise. From the vibrant city of Porto to the picturesque Douro Valley, explore the culinary wonders and natural landscapes that grace its shores. Whether you're a seasoned traveler or first-time cruiser, discover adventure activities, local etiquette, and the rich history that defines this scenic journey. Unlock the secrets of the Douro River, where each port unveils a unique chapter in your unforgettable voyage.
Download or read book Richard Mayson s Guide to Vintage Port written by Richard Mayson and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Mayson's Guide to Vintage Port is a directory supplement to his bestselling book Port and the Douro, comprising a guide to vintage port and a directory of producers and shippers.Beginning with 2015, the guide to port vintages takes each year in turn, noting relevant weather conditions, market considerations and the overall style of the wines, and highlighting particularly successful shippers. Mayson includes every 'modern' port vintage back to 1960, along with more recent Single Quinta Vintage Ports (SQVPs). Each year is given a star rating from 0 to 5 stars. Fully declared vintages prior to 1960 are also described in detail, with the oldest of the tasted wines dating back to 1844.The directory of producers and shippers provides full contact details and tasting notes for more than fifty vintage port producers and shippers. The guide also includes interesting asides on bottling vintage port, serving and tasting, and passing the port, along with special features on Quinta do Noval Nacional and Vargellas Vinha Velha.
