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France's copper limits challenge organics, California fruit left unpicked, Douro oversupply
Plus news of the AIV’s appeal to the UN, harvest updates, a Gallo acquisition, surging wine imports in India. And an invitation to join us for dinner. View this post...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 20 September 2025
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I love tasting wines I know absolutely nothing about. Not often but sometimes I make a great discovery. Best of...
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Paul Symington (second from the left) of the Symington Family Estates, producers of Graham's, Dow's, Warre's ports et al, wrote...
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What's the opposite of diversification? That's certainly what the Symington family seem set on. The Portugal-based family company that already...
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Purple pagers take note. The organisers of the annual New Douro tasting in London are for the first time opening...
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The following 88 notes were taken in the Douro in the July heat of high summer, where heavyweight reds are...
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Of all the things I came across in the Douro Valley in Portugal recently – luxury yachts, gigantic ants, pink...
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Port, for many of us, is inextricably related to weather. In England, it is strictly a seasonal drink, to be...
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A brief visit to the Douro last month yielded some interesting tastings of both ports and table wines, on which...
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Wine lovers in search of others, and entertaining environments in which to meet them, may be interested in the following...
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Paul Symington of the Symington Family Estates (Graham's, Dow's, Warre's) sends this report on the 2009 vintage in the Douro...
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Paul Symington sends the following news from the Douro Valley in Portugal: We are probably mad to do this in...
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To the bemusement of many observers, The Fladgate Partnership responsible for such ports as Taylor's, Fonseca and Croft, with the...
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I asked Paul Symington to amplify his remarks about the new places to stay and eat in the Douro Valley...
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Paul Symington of the eponymous and powerful port shippers sends this report of developments in northern Portugal. He could hardly...
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These wines were shown at a ‘New Douro’ tasting in London at the end of October. UK importers and occasionally...
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See The New Douro, tenacious and original, for an introduction to the region and the wines. Wines are listed in...
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