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GRAHAM’S 1945 VINTAGE PORT: ALIVE AND WELL
Vintage Port’s standing as one of the world’s great classic wines was confirmed and strengthened at Christie’s Fine Wine Auction held in London on October 23rd, 2014. The majority of the Vintage Port...
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Graham’s 1890 Lodge internationally recognised
The Vintage Wine Cellars in Graham’s 1890 Lodge W & J Graham’s 1890 Lodge has once again received international accolades, this time from the “Great Wine Capitals”, a network of ten major cities...
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Portuguese Journalists Travel to Smythson of Bond St. to Learn More About Ne...
Smythson Bond Street store Smythson Bond Street store On the 24th of October, three Portuguese journalists travelled to London to visit the world famous purveyor of luxury stationary and leather goods,...
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The Best Portuguese Restaurants and Chefs of 2014 Revealed by Mesa Marcada
Mesa Marcada, a renowned Portuguese food blog, announced the winners of it’s “10 Preferidos Restaurants e Chefes” (10 best restaurants and chefs) of 2014 last Monday at an award ceremony in Lisbon....
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Graham’s Vintage Port Bonds
It has long been a tradition for special occasions to be marked by the laying down of Vintage Port from the year of the event. Problematically, due to the fact that a “Vintage year” is normally only...
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Masters of Wine candidates visit the Douro Valley
The Institute of Masters of Wine From the 14th to the 16th of April, Graham’s received 19 students from the Institute of Masters of Wine. The students, of 7 different nationalities, spent time in Porto...
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Replanting the “Port Arthur” Stone Terraces and the Origin of the Name
This year the west facing slope of the iconic “Port Arthur” stone terraces of Quinta dos Malvedos has been replanted. It will take some three years until the stone terraces, now planted with Touriga...
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Graham’s Ne Oublie awarded in the Clube de Criativos de Portugal Awards 2015
It was with great pleasure that we saw Graham’s Ne Oublie awarded across four categories at the Clube de Criativos de Portugal 17th annual award ceremony in May. The Clube de Criativos is a non-profit...
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The Grand Tour 2015 Visits Porto
The Grand Tour is a motoring event that is neither a race nor a rally. The meeting sees its participants drive some of the most breathtaking roads in Europe while deciphering cryptic clues in an...
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The First Lagar of the 2015 Vintage at Quinta dos Malvedos.
This time yesterday (10th September) the last load of grapes from the first day’s harvesting at Quinta dos Malvedos were arriving to the adega (winery). Despite Wednesday (9th September) being overcast...
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1965 Revisited
In 2015, to mark 125 years since Graham’s first acquired Quinta dos Malvedos, a very limited quantity of Graham’s 1965 Quinta dos Malvedos Single Quinta Vintage Port was released. Now 50 years old,...
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High Water in Vila Nova de Gaia
After a week of heavy rains over Porto and further upstream in the Douro, last night saw high water and partial flooding in the lower lying area of Vila Nova de Gaia. Reaching its highest at around 3...
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Mesa Marcada by Graham’s
Last Monday the Portuguese food blog Mesa Marcada held its annual award ceremony for the Top 10 Portuguese chefs and restaurants of 2015. Sponsored by Graham’s, the event was held at Honorato...
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A Year in the Vineyards: Part 1
In a series of video clips to be shown over the coming year we will explore the annual cycle of the vine at Quinta dos Malvedos, culminating in the vintage during September/October. This, the first of...
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SYMINGTON FAMILY ESTATES DONATE AMBULANCE TO VILA FLOR VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE
On Saturday 13th of February, Symington Family Estates donated a new ambulance to the Vila Flor Volunteer Fire Brigade. Since 2007 the company has donated nine ambulances to the Fire Brigades of the...
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GRAHAM’S MARKS THE QUEEN’S 90TH BIRTHDAY WITH SPECIAL COMMEMORATIVE PORT
Hosted by Berry Brothers & Rudd at their historic St. James’s Street offices in London, on Wednesday March 30th four members of the Symington family, together with their friends at Berrys, launched...
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A Year in the Vineyards – Part 2
In a series of video clips to be shown over the year we will be exploring the annual cycle of the vine at Quinta dos Malvedos, culminating in the vintage during September/October. This, the second of...
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A Year in the Vineyards – Part 3
In a series of video clips to be shown throughout the year we will be exploring the annual cycle of the vine at Quinta dos Malvedos, culminating in the vintage during September/October. This, the third...
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Injured Peregrine Falcon Recovers
At the beginning of December 2015, the Wildlife Rescue and Recovery Centre (Centro de Recuperação de Animais Selvagens) at the Veterinary Hospital of the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro...
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Vintage Port Academy Vintage Port Decanting Competition in Shanghai
Last month the Vintage Port Academy organised the first Port decanting competition in Shanghai. With eight two-person teams made up of sommeliers and service staff from the city’s leading hotels and...
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