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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 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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Graham’s 1970 Vintage Port in the pages of Decanter

In the pages of the current issue of Decanter (August 2015), Richard Mayson, a renowned authority on Port and author of the book “Port and the Douro” (published by Infinity Ideas) responded to a...

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To New Beginnings

Sundial, Quinta do Vesuvio. Photograph: Adriano Ferreira Borges For the last eight years, the Graham’s blog has routinely and reliably provided information on the ebb and flow of the viticultural year...

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A Year in the Vineyards, March 2017

Frost on the vine. Photograph: Fernando Alves Miguel Potes, no stranger to the ups and downs of a year in the vineyards, talks about winter pruning, low temperatures, and a lot of hard work. The winter...

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Port in the East

Dow’s 1963 Vintage Port served at the Ritz Carlton, Shanghai, last November. Photo: Sofia Zhang. Jorge Nunes, Symington Family Estates’ market manager for Asia and the Pacific, writes about what...

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Graham’s Declares Stone Terraces 2015 Vintage Port

The Stone Terraces of Quinta dos Malvedos For the second time ever, Graham’s is declaring a Vintage Port made exclusively from the time-worn stone terraces of Quinta dos Malvedos. Read on for more...

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My Favourite Vintage

Graham’s Private Cellar This week, journalist, wine critic, and founder of fortheloveofport.com, Roy Hersh, commits to the daunting task of selecting his favourite Symington Family Estates’ vintage....

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The Earliest Vintage – Douro Harvest Report 2017

The Quinta da Cavadinha winemaking team celebrating after 5 weeks of harvest This has been a very dry and warm year in the Douro. From December 2016 onwards, every month had substantially below average...

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