Fortified

Question 1

When was the Douro region first demarcated? (For port)

Answer 1

1756

Question 2

Who oversees and enforces port production/ regulation?

Answer 2

Douro Porto wine institute/ instituto Dos Vinhos do Porto

Question 3

What organization originally oversaw Porto’s demarcation/ production/ regulation?

Answer 3

Companhia geral dos Vinhos do alto Douro

Question 4

Lei do trego

Answer 4

Law of the third

Restricts annual sale of Porto to 1/3 of a house’s total inventory

Question 5

Total possible points for a port vineyard

Answer 5

2361
1200+ A
1,001 - 1200 B

Question 6

Max yields in Douro

Answer 6

55 hl/ha for red grapes

65 hL/ha for white grapes

Question 7

Vineyards that run up the slope in Douro?

Answer 7

Vinhos ao alto

Question 8

Wide terraces in Douro

Answer 8

Patamares

Question 9

Traditional terracing in Douro

Answer 9

Socalcos

Question 10

What producers did not declare a vintage in 1977

Answer 10

Cockburn
Martinez
Noval

Question 11

Declared vintages of 1970’s

Answer 11

1970
1975
1977
1978

Question 12

What was the largest (production volume) recently declared port vintage?

Answer 12

2007

Question 13

What is the ABV of beneficio in Douro?

Answer 13

77%

Question 14

Hat company pioneered rose port and when?

Answer 14

Croft’s (Croft pink)

Late 2000’s (~2008)

Question 15

Pipe sizes in Port: porto and vila nova de Gaia, shipping pipes

Answer 15

Porto: 550L
VNdG: 620L
Shipping: 534.24 L

Question 16

When did mandatory aging of ports in VNdG cease to be mandatory and why?

Answer 16

1986

As Portugal entered the EU the mandatory aging at port shipper houses was deemed monopolistic and was stopped