The completely updated fifth edition of Richard Maysonâ s Port and the Douro offers unparalleled insight into the world of Port and Douro wines. An entire chapter is dedicated to vintage Port, covering vintages as recent as 2021, and providing information on notable years back to 1844.
The completely updated fifth edition of Richard Maysonâ s Port and the Douro offers unparalleled insight into the world of Port and Douro wines. An entire chapter is dedicated to vintage Port, covering vintages as recent as 2021, and providing information on notable years back to 1844.
Richard Mayson is an award-winning wine writer and an authority on Portuguese wine. A lecturer and consultant, he writes for Decanter and The World of Fine Wine and is a contributor to the Oxford Companion to Wine, the Larousse Encyclopedia of Wine and the World Atlas of Wine. His books include Port and the Douro, Madeira: The Islands and Their Wines and The Wines of Portugal. He is Chair of the Decanter World Wine Awards for Port and Madeira Wine. Leo Duff was born in Belfast and studied Illustration at Brighton College of Art and the Royal College of Art in London. She works as a maker of artworks concerning A Sense of Place and is Artist in Residence, UCA Farnham School of Craft and Design.
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Acknowledgements ix Preface to the fifth edition xiii Preface to the fourth edition xiv 1. Port and the Douro, up to date 1 2. Vineyards, vines and quintas 69 3. Making Port: Tradition and technology 163 4. Port types 185 5. Vintage Port 214 6. Storing, ageing and serving Port 280 7. Port producers and shippers 285 8. Douro wines 341 9. Directions in Oporto and the Douro 353 10. Postscript 366 Glossary of Portuguese and technical terms 371 Appendix I: Institutions regulating and promoting Port and Douro wines 379 Appendix II: Port benefício and production of Port and Douro wine 2014–23 382 Appendix III: Port grape varieties 383 Appendix IV: Global sales of Port wine 392 Bibliography 394 Index 398 Maps Map 1. The north of Portugal and the Douro 72 Map 2. The Baixo Corgo and Cima Corgo, showing prominent quintas 125 Map 3. The Cima Corgo and Douro Superior, showing prominent quintas 134 Map 4. The Douro Superior, showing prominent quintas 156 Map 5. The location of Port lodges in Vila Nova de Gaia 361
Acknowledgements ix Preface to the fifth edition xiii Preface to the fourth edition xiv 1. Port and the Douro, up to date 1 2. Vineyards, vines and quintas 69 3. Making Port: Tradition and technology 163 4. Port types 185 5. Vintage Port 214 6. Storing, ageing and serving Port 280 7. Port producers and shippers 285 8. Douro wines 341 9. Directions in Oporto and the Douro 353 10. Postscript 366 Glossary of Portuguese and technical terms 371 Appendix I: Institutions regulating and promoting Port and Douro wines 379 Appendix II: Port benefício and production of Port and Douro wine 2014–23 382 Appendix III: Port grape varieties 383 Appendix IV: Global sales of Port wine 392 Bibliography 394 Index 398 Maps Map 1. The north of Portugal and the Douro 72 Map 2. The Baixo Corgo and Cima Corgo, showing prominent quintas 125 Map 3. The Cima Corgo and Douro Superior, showing prominent quintas 134 Map 4. The Douro Superior, showing prominent quintas 156 Map 5. The location of Port lodges in Vila Nova de Gaia 361
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