Recent international tastings, and our new Grande Reserva Savedra 2020 and Olive Oil 2023

While Quinta do Tedo is first and foremost a winery, owner Vincent Bouchard always said “it’s easy to make wine, the challenge is selling it”… 

Well, good wine is not so “easy” to make, and great wine takes many more hours of skillful vineyard and cellar work to nurture, which our small, savvy Adega Team is dedicated to at Quinta do Tedo.

At Quinta do Tedo we do not just nurture great Portos, Douro DOC wines and Extra Virgin Olive Oil, but a unique story, terroir, heritage and savoir-faire and our Bouchard Family values. This differentiates our premium quality and authentic products those reputation-tarnishing, mass-produced Portos you find for 5-10€ on the supermarket shelf, or those that grandma serves once a year, quasi-warm, from the cupboard in decorative aroma-crippling glasses.

We invest in qualified, local staff to host professional and personable technical tours at Quinta do Tedo, enlightening wine-curious visitors and aficionados about Douro Valley region and history, the traditional transformation of our estate’s grade-A grapes into a range of fine Portos and Douro DOC wines, when and how to enjoy them, and with what gourmandises.

For the sake of dividing and conquering duties, when not on-site at Quinta do Tedo, our Bouchard Family Brand Ambassadors embark on busy Port education and tasting itineraries to complement our on-site Team Tedo’s efforts, internationally. Let’s recap some recent Tedo appearances…

September 30, 2023 - Port Wine Day in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.

October 13, 2023 - Quinta do Tedo was the 7th top-selling producer at our Dutch importer Okhuysen’s Open Doors Tasting in Haarlem, Netherlands.

October 14-20, 2023 - Spirits Festival and La Part Des Anges in Nantes, followed by visits to 28 wine shops, bars and restaurants between Roche Sur Yon, Angers, Tours, Rouen and Paris with our French importer, Jean Boyer.

November 16 & 20, 2023 - sharing a stand with Odile Bouchard’s Gamine Rose personal white wine label at La Rèleve tasting of next generation Burgundian wine projects in Beaune, France followed by the infamous La Paulée harvest luncheon at Château de Meursault.

November 24, 2023 - launching our Tawny 30 Year at Germany’s premiere Port tasting, Portweinmessen, full of Tedo Fans and next generation of Port Lovers.

We hope to see you at one of the above tastings next year! In the meantime, mark your calendars for the following near-future tastings at which we’ll showcase some new products (see below):

  • December 15 & 16, 2023 - annual Quinta do Tedo tasting “entre amis” in Merceuil, France.

  • February 12-14, 2024 - Vinexpo in Paris, France.

  • March 10-12, 2024 - ProWein in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Grande Reserva Savedra 2020 (shop online)

We produce Grande Reserva Savedra only in high-quality years - 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 and, our most recent release, 2020 - when our old vine Savedra parcel, a 75-year-old field blend of 18+ varieties, shines especially bright. Recent warmer and sunnier growing seasons charge our grape skins’ with more color, tannins, and aromas, which we finely extract via delicate macerations that preserve this iconic vineyard’s unique mineral, cherry and forrest berry, wild herbs and floral expression without losing freshness. 2 years of aging in mostly new 228L French oak barrels of various forest origins and toast profiles softens age-worthy grip and imbues noble chocolate and tobacco aged aromas in our Grande Reserva Savedra, focusing its tension and persistence. Pair with wild mushrooms, slow cooked beef or boar stew or blue cheese and confited-tomato tart, or cellar and enjoy its evolution over 5-20 years.

Extra Virgin Olive Oil (shop online)

Considering our extremely limited albeit high quality 2022 olive harvest, which we quickly sold out of in September 2023, were happily blessed with abundance this year - our 4 hectares of 50- to 150-year-old olive trees literally overflowed with healthy fruit, which we started harvesting in October, preserving freshness without adding aggressive spice or bitterness to our in our rich and greatly gastronomic cold-pressed Extra Virgin Olive Oil. The first batch is decanted, bottled and back in stock in our Tasting Room and Online Shop for your enjoyment.

Tawny 30 Years (shop online)

Our “newest” old Tawny is an exquisite elixir celebrating 30+ years of Bouchard Family ownership at Quinta do Tedo, since 1992. Its limited-edition packaging includes a velvet Quinta do Tedo embroidered bag, with our signature wooden bar top cork, soft wax seal with opening instructions, and hand-written bottle number. Read more about this new product in last month’s blog.

~ Kay & Odile Bouchard

Vendanges 2023 en 23 photos !

Vendanges 2023 en 23 photos, parce que les photos valent mille mots et c'est que fin vendanges que nous reprenons notre souffle et célébrons notre 32e (depuis 1992 !) élaboration d'un nouveau millésime de grands vins de Porto et de Douro DOC avec notre incroyable équipe à Quinta do Tedo !

Des tons Tawny et Ruby au coucher du soleil. Le calme avant la tempête. 3, 2, 1... on vendange !

Que ferions-nous sans les mains agiles de nos chers voisins du village qui nous aident à récolter nos raisins chaque année ?

Merci à notre Équipe d'Adega, pour votre compétence, votre engagement et vos souris infatigables - il faut beaucoup de Super Bock minis pour faire un grand Porto !

Sentier en velours rouge - pieds marchant dans un moût semblable à une confiture de mûres. N'oubliez pas : pieds violets = Porto prometteur !

Chef d'Équipe Adélaïde nous tient bien nourris pendant les vendanges, notamment avec ses fameuses fritas (beignets recouverts de sucre à la cannelle).

Créations gastronomiques avec la récolte de notre jardin et nos arbres fruitiers - figues farcies au fromage de chèvre et aux noix, salade de tomates cœur de bœuf aux herbes et l'huile d'olive extra vierge de notre domaine, et pêches de vignes, crème anglaise et cookies au sésame, bien sûr avec un verre de Tawny !

Moments capturés de nos annuelles Expériences de Vendange et Oenologue Pour Un Jour, animées par les propriétaires Kay et Vincent Bouchard.

En dégustant notre Vintage 2017 nous foulons à pied notre vendange 2023... serait-elle une autre année Vintage ? Nous le saurons au printemps 2025, après avoir envoyé nos nouveaux échantillons de Porto à l'IVDP pour approbation.

Trois vues de Quinta do Tedo - les vagues de chaleur et les orages ont ajouté du stress aux vendanges 2023, mais nous avons choisi les moments justes pour vendanger et nous avons admiré comment les couleurs vibrantes de l'été se détachent sur un fond parfois gris-orageux.

Notre t-shirt original des vendanges cette année avec notre mascotte oiseau charismatique : "Vindimas 2023, à la façon Tedo !"

~ Kay & Odile Bouchard

Harvest 2023 in 23 photos!

Harvest 2023 in 23 photos, because photos are worth a thousand words, and post-harvest is when we catch our breath and reminisce on our now 32nd (since 1992!) elaboration of yet another batch of great Portos and Douro DOC wines with our incredible team at Quinta do Tedo!

Tawny and Ruby hues as the sun goes down. The calm before the storm. 3, 2, 1… harvest!

What would we do without the dexterous hands of our dear village neighbors who help us harvest Tedo’s fruit each year?

Thank you, Adega Team, for your tireless competence, commitment and smiles - it takes a lot of Super Bock minis to make great Porto!

Red velvet walking trail - foot treading through blackberry-jam-like must. Remember, purple feet = promising Port!

Team Cook Adelaide keeps us well-fed during harvest, especially with her famous fritas (cinnamon-sugar covered beignets).

Gastronomic creations with the summer bounty from our garden and fruit trees - goat cheese and walnut stuffed figs, oxheart tomato salad with herbs and our estate Extra Virgin Olive Oil, and vineyard peaches, creme anglaise and sesame cookies, of course with a glass of Tawny!

Glimpses from our annual Harvest Experience and Winemaker for a Day experiences led by owners Kay and Vincent Bouchard.

Sipping our Vintage 2017 while foot-treading 2023… could this be another Vintage year? We’ll find out in Spring 2025, after sending our new Porto samples to the IVDP for approval.

Three perspectives of Tedo - summer heat waves and rain storms added stress to harvest 2023, but we chose the right days to pick and admired how summers’ vibrant colors pop with an occasional stormy-gray backdrop.

This year’s original harvest t-shirt ft. our charismatic Tedo bird logo: “Vindimas 2023, the Tedo way!”

~ Kay & Odile Bouchard