Promo Material: Taylor Fladgate Porto

Question 1

Who is the managing director?

Answer 1

Adrian Bridge

Question 2

When was Taylor Fladgate founded?

Answer 2

1692

Question 3

What are its three most prestigious properties?

Answer 3

Vargellas, Terra Feita, Junco

Question 4

Where is Port produced?

Answer 4

Upper Douro Valley in Portugal.

Question 5

What are the mountains that shield from the Atlantic influence?

Answer 5

Marao, North of the Douro.

Question 6

How are the seasons of Douro characterized?

Answer 6

Hot Dry Summers, severe winters.

Question 7

When was the Douro area demarcated?

Answer 7

1756

Question 8

What year were the vineyards originally graded by quality?

Answer 8

1757

Question 9

Describe the oldest vineyards and how they look

Answer 9

Most are World Heritage sites, planted on narrow terraces, held up by hand built dry stone walls.

Question 10

What is the earliest recording of a Port wine sold?

Answer 10

1678

Question 11

What does Port takes its name from?

Answer 11

Oporto, coastal city.

Question 12

Where are nearly all Port Houses located?

Answer 12

Vila Nova de Gaia, across the river from Porto

Question 13

What was the name of the boat the brought Port wine down the Douro River?

Answer 13

Barco Rabelo, meaning “Little Tail Boat”

Question 14

Briefly describe the production of Port

Answer 14

Clear Neutral spirit is added to fermenting grape juice to arrest the fermentation and preserve natural sugars.

Question 15

What is the neutral spirit added to Port made from?

Answer 15

Distilled from white wine.

Question 16

How many grapes can be used for making Traditional Port?

Answer 16

30

Question 17

What are the six Best known?

Answer 17

Touriga Francesa, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Amarela, and Tinta Cao

Question 18

What is the general soil type of the vineyards?

Answer 18

Schist, flaky and slate like.

Question 19

When does Harvest usually start in Porto?

Answer 19

Mid-September

Question 20

What are the granite tanks called where the grapes are trod by foot?

Answer 20

Lagares

Question 21

What is the Corte?

Answer 21

The first stage of treading, where treaders all advance in a line to methodically crush the grapes

Question 22

What is the Liberdade?

Answer 22

Second stage of treading, where treaders work individually keeping grapes skins submerged to add color.

Question 23

When does treading stop?

Answer 23

3 and a half days later, when fermentation has converted approximately half the sugar.

Question 24

What are the two broad categories of Port?

Answer 24

Wood aged (Tawny), and Bottle aged (Ruby)

Question 25

Who founded Taylor Fladgate, and what wines did he originally trade in?

Answer 25

Jacob Bearsley, London Wine Merchant. Originially traded in ‘Red Portugal’ from Minho, lean acidic wine.

Question 26

Where did the founder of Taylor Fladgate originally settle?

Answer 26

Viana do Castelo

Question 27

Who began to take interest in the wines of the Douro?

Answer 27

Peter Bearsley, Jacob’s son.

Question 28

Who were the sons of Peter Bearsley?

Answer 28

Bartholomew, Charles, Francis.

Question 29

Who was the first British Shipper to purchase property in the Douro? When? Where?

Answer 29

Bartholomew Bearsley, in Regua, in 1744.