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In a few days, many festive bottles of champagne will be opened in celebration of the Jubilee and rightly so. However, as befits the dignity...

24-05-2022

Tale of The Platinum Jubilee

In a few days, many festive bottles of champagne will be opened in celebration of the Jubilee and rightly so. However, as befits the dignity...

Tawny Port owes its character to a magical synergy with oak wood. Port, with its inexhaustible reserves of aroma, continues to develop its...

11-10-2021

An Old Wines Tale

Tawny Port owes its character to a magical synergy with oak wood. Port, with its inexhaustible reserves of aroma, continues to develop its...

Not Our Problem?

We may think of the environment as someone else’s problem. The effects of pollution and a changing climate can seem...

21-11-2019

A Tale of Hope

Not Our Problem? We may think of the environment as someone else’s problem. The effects of pollution and a changing climate can seem...

Port conjures up agreeable visions of convivial winter evenings around the fireside and the culinary delights of the Festive Season. And...

09-07-2019

A Summer's Tale

Port conjures up agreeable visions of convivial winter evenings around the fireside and the culinary delights of the Festive Season. And...

Happy Families

Ever since our founder shipped his first pipe of Port in 1692, we have been a family run business. One thing we have learned...

23-11-2018

A Family Tale

Happy Families Ever since our founder shipped his first pipe of Port in 1692, we have been a family run business. One thing we have learned...

There are decisions which can change a company’s history. This year we celebrate just such a turning point. It was exactly 125 years ago that...

18-05-2018

The Tale of a Great Estate

There are decisions which can change a company’s history. This year we celebrate just such a turning point. It was exactly 125 years ago that...

All Aboard!

One fateful day, a ship set sail for England from the east coast of America. Aboard this vessel, invisible and unnoticed, were a...

19-09-2014

The Tale of the Silent Killers

All Aboard! One fateful day, a ship set sail for England from the east coast of America. Aboard this vessel, invisible and unnoticed, were a...

Feliz Natal, Happy Christmas

A Tale of Two Christmases is a celebration of the wonderful culinary traditions of the two places...

17-12-2013

A Tale of Two Christmases

Feliz Natal, Happy Christmas A Tale of Two Christmases is a celebration of the wonderful culinary traditions of the two places...

A Match Made In Heaven

Serving Port with pudding is a longstanding and warmly embraced tradition at Taylor’s.

And...

25-09-2012

A Tale Of Port And Puddings

A Match Made In Heaven Serving Port with pudding is a longstanding and warmly embraced tradition at Taylor’s. And...

Ah, Vargellas in the summer! A feast for all the senses. To us, it’s the best spot on earth to indulge in one of life’s most simple,...

19-07-2012

A Golden Tale of Summer

Ah, Vargellas in the summer! A feast for all the senses. To us, it’s the best spot on earth to indulge in one of life’s most simple,...

Until the mid-19th century, the treacherous journey to Quinta de Vargellas in the wild, mountainous eastern reaches of the Douro Valley was made by...

05-06-2012

The Tale of a Vineyard Called Vargellas

Until the mid-19th century, the treacherous journey to Quinta de Vargellas in the wild, mountainous eastern reaches of the Douro Valley was made by...

The history of Port abounds with tales of adversity. We’re blessed with so many wonderful stories of human ingenuity succeeding against...

12-03-2012

The Tale of the Rabelo and the Rapids

The history of Port abounds with tales of adversity. We’re blessed with so many wonderful stories of human ingenuity succeeding against...