Quinta de la Rosa: the elegant side of Portugal’s Douro
Website: https://www.quintadelarosa.com/ I’ve been following the wines of Quinta de La Rosa for a long time. Owned by the Bergqvist
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Saravá, innovative low-intervention wines from Vinho Verde and Douro, Portugal
Website: https://www.galactic.wine/ Miguel Viseu is the winemaker at low-intervention wine producer Aphros in Vinho Verde, but he also has his
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Video: the Port harvest in the Douro, 2025, with Taylor’s
Website: https://www.taylor.pt/ 2025 will go down as one of the trickiest vintages of recent years, simply because it was very
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Gallery: the Douro in black and white
Some images from the Douro, captured in black and white. Sometimes restricting creative options helps you to look more carefully.
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The Douro wines of Sogrape’s Casa de Ferreirinha, including Barca Velha, Portugal’s most famous table wine
Sogrape is a big company with a wide range of wines, but also has some gems in its range, most
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Wine & Soul: Pintas and Manoella from Portugal’s Douro (updated with new notes, July 2025)
Website: https://wineandsoul.com/ Jorge Borges and Sandra Tavares have built something special with Wine & Soul. I first bumped into them
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The wines of Quinta de Tourais, Douro, Portugal
Website: https://www.quintadetourais.com/en/index.html Tourias is located in the Baixo Douro, the first part of the Douro you come to when heading
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Visiting Folias de Baco, a Douro winery making compelling natural wines under the Uivo brand (updated June 2025)
Website: https://www.foliasdebaco.com/ Tiago Sampaio is making some of the Douro’s most interesting natural wines under the Uivo brand. His winery
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The wines of Muxagat, from Portugal’s Douro region
It was back in 2002 that João Nicolau de Almeida and Eduardo Lopes began Muxagat, a terroir project based the
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Quinta do Noval deep dive: latest releases and more from this important Douro estate
Head to the Douro and then make your way to Vale Mendiz in the Pinhão Valley, you’ll find one of
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