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- New legislation.
- Cálem celebrates 150^th anniversary with action.
- Also Rosé Port of Quevedo.
- Hotel Quinta do Pégo.
- Distribution award for Croft Pink.
- IVDP events calendar as of July 2009.
- Revista de Vinhos no. 235, June 2009.
- Sélections Mondiales des Vins 2009 - Québec.
- Les Citadelles du Vin 2009 - Bourg sur Gironde.
- IWC 2009 (2) - Trophy’s and Great Value Awards.

New legislation.
27/06/09. On May 21^st the Portuguese Council of Ministers approved a new law regarding the Douro region and its wines. The law came about in consultation with the sector. It concerns a simplification and junction of 15 titles, some dating as far back as the early twentieth century. Objective of the new law is to offer protection to the demarcated Douro region, the denominated Port and Douro wines and the geographical indication Duriense.

The new law contains no great changes, however two points are striking:
1.    The new Rosé Port has become definitive. This variant has been developed by The Fladgate Partnership in cooperation with the IVDP and was marketed as Croft Pink in late January 2008. See our News items of 07/06/08 The first rosé “Port Wine”. and 05/07/08 Croft Pink (2): a reply by Adrian Bridge.
2.    The “Lei do terço” in which is regulated that a shipper is never allowed to sell more than one third of his stocks annually, has been somewhat adapted. From now a trader is allowed to buy sales capacity from a colleague, although this is limited.

Cálem celebrates 150^th anniversary with action.
27/06/09. This year Cálem celebrates its 150^th anniversary. The company is doing so with a promotion for Portuguese consumers. The purchase of two bottles of  Calém Port or Cálem Velhotes awards a guided tour for two people in the lodges in Vila Nova de Gaia and a White Port and a Ruby or Tawny Port tasting.
The supermarket chains Sonae, Intermarché, Pingo Doce, Jumbo and Corte Inglês are partaking in the promotion.

Also Rosé Port of Quevedo.
27/06/09. During the 2008 harvest Oscar and Cláudia Quevedo, of the company with the same name in São João da Pesqueira, decided to also produce a Rosé Port. 
They knew that their vineyard Quinta da Trovisca, with its young vines at an altitude of over 1,800 feet (about 550 metres), would be most suited for doing this. The Rosé has been made of  40% Touriga Nacional, 30% Touriga Franca and 30% Sousão. The juice was cold fermented for 10 days, a process corresponding to the production of the Croft Pink.
The end product has been bottled in an attractive way. See photo.
See also our News items of:
27/06/09 New legislation.
07/06/08 The first rosé “Port Wine”.
05/07/08 Croft Pink (2): a reply by Adrian Bridge.   

Hotel Quinta do Pégo.
27/06/09. Recently Hotel Quinta do Pégo (QdoP) has been inaugurated. Their website www.quintadopego.com however gives little to no information.

QdoP is situated in Valença do Douro, Tabuaço along the road from Peso da Régua to Pinhão, about three kilometres before  Pinhão at the right side and opposite to Q. da Boa Vista. Until January 2000 QdoP was owned by Cálem. Then the Danish company AMKA bought 50% of the stocks. In September 2003 AMKA gained full ownership.

The company website mentions the following:
“AMKA was founded in 1978 by Anna Marie Søndergaard who started importing wines as a hobby. She named the company AMKA, which is the combination of her initials and the first two letters of her husband’s name, Karsten Søndergaard. From 1980 both Anna Marie and Karsten were employed fulltime at AMKA, and in 1992 their son Frank joined the management.”
“The company has establishments in eleven countries: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Portugal and Germany.”

The hotel, with probably ten rooms, (see also our News item of 30/11/02 Cálem and tourism.) will be used especially for visits of AMKA relations. In case of over capacity the rooms will be available for the free market.

QdoP is about 33 hectares in size of which some 30 hectares with vineyards class A. The company produces Douro wines and Port, including the Vintages 2000, 2003 and 2006 and the LBV 2005. 

Distribution award for Croft Pink.
27/06/09. On June 18th the Masters da Distribuição 2009 of the Portuguese magazine Distribuição Hoje and the IFE (International Faculty for Executives) were presented in Lisbon. It concerned the 18th edition of this competition. 
In the category Bebidas Alcoólicas (alcoholic beverages) the prize went to Croft Pink, the first Rosé Port ever, of the Fladgate Partnership (Taylor's, Fonseca and Croft) which was marketed late January 2008.
See: http://www.ife.pt/distribuicaoh_masters.asp 
For more information see the links in: Also Rosé Port of Quevedo.

IVDP events calendar as of July 2009.
27/06/09. The Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e do Porto has planned the following event in Brasil:

Brasil:
. June 30th - Port and Douro Wine tasting - Hotel Naoum Plaza, Brasília.

See also: http://www.ivdp.pt/eventos.asp 

Revista de Vinhos no. 235, June 2009.
27/06/09. The June issue of the Portuguese magazine Revista de Vinhos contains the following information on Port Wine:

Veredas do Douro:
João Paulo Martins describes the company Veredas do Douro of the Alfredo Moreira de Silva family. The company has two quintas: Q. de Valbom do Meio in Canelas, Peso da Régua with 15 hectares and Q. da Revolta in Freixo, Campanhã in Porto. Martins rates the Q. da Revolta LBV 2002 with 16 points.

Cellars of Sandeman:
Samuel Alemão reviews the Sandeman lodges along the quay in Vila Nova de Gaia (see also Round_trip#3.Lodges.). He rates the tourist activities with 18.5 points on a score chart to 20.

Sélections Mondiales des Vins 2009 - Québec.
27/06/09. During the sixteenth Sélections Mondiales des Vins in Québec, Canada from May 26^th to 31^st silver medals were awarded to the following Port Wine products:
-      Casal dos Jordões LBV 2004.
-      Caves Santa Marta LBV 1997.
-      Poças LBV 2003.
-      Poças Colheita 1997.
-      Gran Cruz LBV 2001.
-      Quinta Nova LBV 2004.
The competition contained 1,836 entries (in 2007: 2,131).
For more information see: http://www.smvcanada.ca/resultats.aspx?L=E and choose Country: Portugal.

Les Citadelles du Vin 2009 - Bourg sur Gironde.
27/06/09. During the Citadelles du Vin in Bourg sur Gironde near Bordeaux from June 13^th to 15^th three Trophées Excellence (Silver Medals) were awarded to the Vista Allegre Colheita 1995, LBV 2003 and Vintage 2006 (of Vallegre Vinhos).
The competition contained almost 900 entries (in 2007: 1,107).
For more information see: http://www.citadellesduvin.com/search_palmares.php 

IWC 2009 (2) - Trophy’s and Great Value Awards.
27/06/09. On June 6^th we published the Gold Medal winners of the International Wine Challenge (see here). The following of them won a Trophy:
-      The Vintage Port Trophy: Quinta Seara D’Ordens Vintage 2005.
-      The Tawny Port Trophy: Ferreira 20 Years Old Tawny.
-      The LBV Port Trophy: Warre’s LBV 2000.
For more information see: http://www.internationalwinechallenge.com/trophies.aspx

The Krohn LBV 2004, which had won a Silver Medal, also won the Great Value Award Fortified Wine between 10 and 15 English pounds.
For more see: http://www.internationalwinechallenge.com/GreatValueTrophyWinners.aspx

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