2009 An exceptionally hot summer led to an early vintage with great potential for Port, but extremely high alcohols in the unfortified wines, with some unripe tannins and shrivelled berries....

I have just returned from the Douro, where this year's harvest began as early as August, much earlier than the mid-September norm. For those who have never seen the Douro Valley, it is a marvel...

Paul Symington (second from the left) of the Symington Family Estates, producers of Graham's, Dow's, Warre's ports et al, wrote the following report at the beginning of this week as the last of...

What's the opposite of diversification? That's certainly what the Symington family seem set on. The Portugal-based family company that already owns Graham's, Dow's, Warre's, Smith Woodhouse,...

Port, for many of us, is inextricably related to weather. In England, it is strictly a seasonal drink, to be sipped by log fires during long nights. Not quite so many would think of a white port...

Paul Symington sends the following news from the Douro Valley in Portugal: We are probably mad to do this in these difficult times, but we are pleased to announce that we have acquired...

To the bemusement of many observers, The Fladgate Partnership responsible for such ports as Taylor's, Fonseca and Croft, with the Quinta de Vargellas (pictured) their flagship winery, has...

I asked Paul Symington to amplify his remarks about the new places to stay and eat in the Douro Valley made in yesterday's article New museum, new mood in the Douro and this is his response:...

Paul Symington of the eponymous and powerful port shippers sends this report of developments in northern Portugal. He could hardly be said to be impartial but most wine lovers should learn a...

In its first eight years of operation, the Geoffrey Roberts Award, an international travel bursary worth at least £3000 (about US$5000), has brought farmers' markets to Australia; yielded a...