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  2. History of Portuguese wine - Wikipedia

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    The monopoly of control allowed Portuguese wine merchants to set excessively high prices on their wines, often five times the price that the wines would fetch in Britain or Portugal. Dissatisfaction over restrictions such as these contributed to the growing movement for Brazilian Declaration of Independence which was eventually achieved on 7 ...

  3. Taylor, Fladgate, & Yeatman - Wikipedia

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    The house owns the brands of Fonseca, Fonseca-Guimaraens, Taylor, Krohn and Croft. [3] The house ships almost all types of port including vintage, tawny, ruby, late-bottled vintage, and white. The house invented the style of late-bottled vintage port. [4] Taylor Fladgate's vintage ports are some of the most sought-after and expensive ports in ...

  4. Douro Wine Company - Wikipedia

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    In his 1844 pamphlet "A Word or Two about Port Wine" he criticized the Douro Wine Company for its control over the Port wine industry and its encouragement of producers to add substantial amounts of brandy to the wine. In Forrester's view, the best wines of the Douro were "natural"-meaning without fortification or, if used, in very small amounts.

  5. Douro quinta classification - Wikipedia

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    The Quinta classification of Port vineyards in the Douro is a system that grades the terroir and quality potential of vineyards in the Douro wine region to produce grapes suitable for the production of Port wine. In Portuguese, a quinta is a wine producing estate, which can be a winery or a

  6. Fonseca Guimaraens - Wikipedia

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    Fonseca's modern founder Manoel Pedro Guimaraens was a supporter of King Pedro IV's (pictured) liberal reforms, which led to his having to flee Portugal to England hidden away in an empty Port wine barrel. Fonseca Guimaraens, often simply called Fonseca, is one of the largest Port wine houses in Portugal. [1]

  7. Port wine - Wikipedia

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    A glass of tawny port Official guarantee label from a bottle of port. Port wine (Portuguese: vinho do Porto, Portuguese: [ˈviɲu ðu ˈpoɾtu]; lit. ' wine of Porto '), or simply port, is a Portuguese fortified wine produced in the Douro Valley of northern Portugal. [1]

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