Single Quinta

Single Quinta means ‘single farm’ in Portuguese. It is used to refer to a specific vineyard and to a wine estate. Single Quinta Ports come from grapes grown on a single estate in a single year in the Douro Valley of Portugal.

Washington Wine-The Time Is Now Video #2

For wine lovers, the discovery of terroir is a breakthrough that cannot be unbroken. Once you’ve found it, you’ll seek it in all wines for the rest of your life.

—Patrick Comiskey,
from the Forward to the upcoming book Wine and Place by Tim Patterson and John Buechsenstein (UC Press)

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