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Hi all

A friend of mine got at vintage port from the institute, a vintage 2003, and he asked me, who is the winemaker ?? where do they get the grapes from ??
Do they have their own quinta ??

Help me please

Intriguing!

Is there any small print regarding who bottled it on the front or back label?

After having looking CLOSE on the picture.. I can read Barao de Vilar...... Maybe Its the van zeller who deliver the grapes and du the making ??

ac-fast wrote: picture..

you have a picture...?!

http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/233936526693374/

Look at this... cant post a photo

the new president, Manuel Cabral, told me recently that they are using various producers for their IVDP label. I just received a 10y old bottle from him and do very much like the label.

It is a bob, which is regularly bought from the producers.


Axel

Very nice!

Though given its role, is it entirely proper that IVDP has a commercial relationship with certain port producers....? or even has their own label port (albeit not for commercial sale)?

Feels like there may be a potential conflict of interest in there somewhere!

RAYC wrote:Very nice!

Though given its role, is it entirely proper that IVDP has a commercial relationship with certain port producers....? or even has their own label port (albeit not for commercial sale)?

Feels like there may be a potential conflict of interest in there somewhere!

From what's been said so far, it sounds as though the IVDP has taken over some of the Casa do Douro's work buying up and holding excess production to support small grape farmers. Production which will slowly be sold back to the trade as blending stocks.

AHB wrote:

RAYC wrote:Very nice!

Though given its role, is it entirely proper that IVDP has a commercial relationship with certain port producers....? or even has their own label port (albeit not for commercial sale)?

Feels like there may be a potential conflict of interest in there somewhere!

From what's been said so far, it sounds as though the IVDP has taken over some of the Casa do Douro's work buying up and holding excess production to support small grape farmers. Production which will slowly be sold back to the trade as blending stocks.

Do you mean more generally, or in the case of the 03 VP/ 10 YO tawny mentioned on this thread?

I was thinking more generally, but it is only idle speculation on my part.

Nice label.