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Vintage Wine & Port Blog

Valentine's Day at VWP

Posted 30 January 2019

by Jamie Ashcroft

vday

 

Valentine's Day at VWP


The Wine Blight

Posted 29 January 2019

by Jamie Ashcroft

phylloxera leaf

The plague of the wine world - where did it come from?


Who are Taylor's?

Posted 29 January 2019

by Jamie Ashcroft

Taylor's tawny

Taylor’s, a Port House established centuries ago back in 1692, is to many the first and greatest name in port wine. But who are they?


The Don

Posted 28 January 2019

by Jamie Ashcroft

Sandeman barrels

The mysterious caped Don is a wine icon, and ‘one of the three most famous characters in the Alcohol industry’. Ever-present on any Sandeman port bottles, the figure wearing a traditional Portuguese student’s cape and holding a port glass, has seemingly always been a part of the company… but where did he come from?


The Massandra Collection

Posted 25 January 2019

by Jamie Ashcroft

Muscat 1961

 

A collection of fine wines from Massandra, Tsar Nicholas II's personal wine cellar.