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George Sandeman – Port Personalities In Focus
FTLOP is proud to introduce you to: GEORGE SANDEMAN 1. Please share some information about your life and how you wound up working in the Port trade, and at what age? I was born in London in September 1953, because "my mother was there". My [...]
Mark Squires – Port Personalities In Focus
The FTLOP series, Port Personalities In Focus, is proud to introduce you to: Mark Squires 1. Please share some information about your life and how you wound up working as a wine writer after your career as a lawyer, initially covering Douro wines, then Port [...]
A Day On The Port Harvest Tour
On a recent Port Harvest Tour, Mario Ferreira, (Tour Director) invited his lifelong friend, Elio Vicente to join us to create a unique enhanced video of our PHT2. In doing so, Elio would bring his expert skills as a drone videographer and editor [...]
2017 Vintage Port Forecast
Roy reviewed over seventy 2017 Vintage Ports when they were released. Download the 2017 Vintage Port Forecast and read about the vintage, read the tasting notes, and see his top picks for this vintage. Coming on the heels of two other good vintages (2015 & [...]
Global Wine Shipping
Wine shipping from Portugal to over 30 countries! So you made it over here to visit Portugal. I am sure you have tried Port, or other Portuguese wines in the past and thought, "Wouldn’t it be great if we were able to ship some of [...]
How the Confraria do Vinho do Porto Changed My Life
It all began in the restaurant business from the age of 26. Straight out of culinary school, and then earning a Hotel & Restaurant Management degree which landed me an excellent job in NYC. I was Back-of-House Manager at The Water Club. A sophisticated eatery [...]
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Mark Squires – Port Personalities In Focus
The FTLOP series, Port Personalities In Focus, is proud to introduce you to: Mark Squires [...]
A Day On The Port Harvest Tour
On a recent Port Harvest Tour, Mario Ferreira, (Tour Director) invited his lifelong [...]
2017 Vintage Port Forecast
Roy reviewed over seventy 2017 Vintage Ports when they were released. Download the 2017 Vintage [...]
How the Confraria do Vinho do Porto Changed My Life
It all began in the restaurant business from the age of 26. Straight out of [...]
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