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djewesbury wrote:I wish we could find out what that estate was

It was Quinta da Covela, on the "border" between the Vinho Verde and Douro regions. It was sold by Manoel de Oliveira in the 1980s.

perhaps it is "Caves Santa Marta"?

uncle tom wrote:

and will of course open transparent government sort-of-thing

Does Portugal have an FOI law? I've never heard it mentioned..

Tom

Yes. The regulatory agency is CADA (http://www.cada.pt/). Website is in Portuguese but contains the relevant act, decisions, etc.

As Horas do Douro is available online here - http://www.fnac.pt/As-Horas-do-Douro-se ... ar/a355702

There is a reference to a LBV here viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2670&p=30447

details listed in IVDP website:

QTA. COLMAÇA - SOC. AGRÍC., SOC. UNIP.
Quinta Da Colmaça
5130-0 S. João Da Pesqueira
vitigestion@wanadoo.fr

Interesting remark made by João Nicolau de Almeida of Ramos Pinto over on :ftlop: made me think of this topic: "Ramos Pinto finished bottling Colheitas to dedicate exclusively to the Tawnies with an indication of age (10, 20 and 30 year-old). The main reason for this was that the Tawnies (Colh...

Ray, Thanks...here is some background from Maysons site. ...a one-off bottling of a pre-phylloxera Port dating back to the mid”“nineteenth century, probably 1855. It comes from a quinta belonging to the late Irene Viana Pinto in the village of Prezegueda in the Corgo valley near Régua. part of his ...

Hi

I have seen Infantado 1981 on sale in Lisbon at 47 Euros, in this shop - http://osgoliardos.com/blog/