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Tracking the Season – 19 April

Posted on April 20, 2013 by

At Graham’s Quinta dos Malvedos and Quinta do Tua the viticultural season is well underway and we are busy in the vineyards with a wide range of tasks, whilst the vines are growing well. From the week before Easter through … Continue reading →

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Tracking the Season – 21 March

Posted on March 25, 2013 by

We visited Graham’s Quinta dos Malvedos again just as winter officially turned to spring with the passing of the equinox.  It was a brilliantly sunny day, and a good one for getting lots of work done in the vineyards.  Things … Continue reading →

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Tracking the Season – 29 November

Posted on December 5, 2012 by

A month has passed since our last visit to Quinta dos Malvedos and Tua, and whilst the grass is much greener and a few vines still have brightly coloured leaves clinging, the vineyards generally appear more barren as the leaves … Continue reading →

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Tracking The Season – 26 October

Posted on October 30, 2012 by

It is just three weeks since we finished the harvest at Graham’s Quinta dos Malvedos.  The leaves are turning colour and the Douro is every bit as spectacular as the fabled New England autumn landscapes.  The foliage on the Touriga … Continue reading →

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Harvest at Quinta do Vale de Malhadas

Posted on September 20, 2012 by

Graham’s Ports are a blend of wines made from grapes from 5 quintas around the Douro.  Readers will be most familiar with Quinta dos Malvedos, our flagship quinta where we have our winery, and neighbouring Quinta do Tua.  But there … Continue reading →

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Ready to Start The Harvest At Graham’s Quinta dos Malvedos

Posted on September 7, 2012 by

As Charles Symington, head winemaker for Graham’s, anticipated, the harvest looks set to start on the 17th of September, a pretty typical mid-month start.  A few small selected parcels of young grapes will be picked from Quinta do Tua on … Continue reading →

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Tracking The Season – 3 September

Posted on September 4, 2012 by

The past two weeks or so at Graham’s Quinta dos Malvedos and Quinta do Tua have brought no surprises.  No rain, either.  Weather has continued clear and dry with temperatures generally in the mid 30’s – yesterday was typical, 36ºC … Continue reading →

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Paul Symington on Conditions in the Douro

Posted on July 31, 2012 by

Paul Symington writes: Irregular climate patterns are not uncommon in the Douro, but this year has been most unusual.  Observing the lovely green vineyards in the valley in June you could have easily been forgiven for thinking that all was … Continue reading →

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Viticultural Award from Revista de Vinhos

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

Revista de Vinhos has awarded its Viticultural award for 2011 to Symington Family Estates, calling SFE a national leader in sustainable viticulture, citing the fact that all our vineyards are farmed under a “minimum intervention” regime and 130 hectares are … Continue reading →

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Birds of Prey in the Douro

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

Graham’s and all of the Symington Family Estates’ quintas in the Douro – some 944 hectares (2,300 acres) – are on average only about 50% planted with vineyards, with the rest of the land being a mixture of olive or … Continue reading →

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