Recent and upcoming events; sharing Quinta do Tedo’s bird song far and wide

With the grape harvest over, our Portos and Douro DOC wines lay sleeping, and we prepare for the olive harvest. With holidays on the horizon, our sales season is in full force, and who better than to share Quinta do Tedo far and wide than our Bouchard Family and “Dream Team” Tedo?

Here’s a recap of some recent and future tastings to look out for (and join, if the stars align in the right place and time) Quinta do Tedo at:

October 13, Open Doors Tasting in Haarlem (Netherlands) with our historic importer Okhysen. We participate annually in this tasting, as October and onwards through the new year ‘tis the season for Porto, which pairs so well with gouda and speculoos. We enjoyed seeing many familiar and new faces at our stand, and specific appreciation for our Porto Rosé, Douro DOC Reserva 2021, LBV 2020 and Colheita 2006.

Xavier Kat (Okhuysen Owner) visited us at Quinta do Tedo this September with a group of 40+ alumni from his hospitality degree for a tour, barrel tasting (it was a squeeze!) in our Underground Wine Gallery, and lunch at Bistro Terrace. Lucky them they even were able to foot-tread one of our last lagares of this 2025 harvest! Look out for Xavier’s interview with Vincent in the Christmas edition of Vinnée Vineuse, the oldest and most widely read wine magazine in the Netherlands.

October 17-19, the Feira de Maça in Armamar (Portugal) is an annual event launched in 2008 to celebrate apples, music and regional traditions, gastronomy and wine. Armamar is a 20-minute drive from Quinta do Tedo and Portugal’s Mountain Apple Capital, where our Head of Tourism Vera Matias and other Team Tedo members are from. Our Quinta do Tedo stand is part of the ensemble of delicacies to discover amidst other fabulous local products (besides wine!); we proudly support our neighbors’ nurturing and promoting polyculture in Douro Valley.

October 23, Port Wine & Executive Wine Dinner, Cascais (Portugal) - Odile met Óscar Mendes, co-founder of Portugal’s premium Wine & Executive Club, via Brigitte Bless, chocolatier of Swiss origin based in Nazaré who who produces our fine Quinta do Tedo Porto and Extra Virgin Olive Oil infused chocolates (small world!)

Wine has always been a complement to meals, and this specific 5-course meal by Onyria Marinha Hotel’s Chef Paulo Nobrega and Pastry Chef Mathilde Emiliano beautifully harmonized our Porto Rosé, Douro DOC Rosé 2024, Douro DOC Reserva 2021 and Tawny 10 Years, which Odile Bouchard presented, as well as a sneak peak of the white wine she made with Paolo in 2024 for a new “Fora do Tedo” and “Tedo” series launching Spring 2026 (stay tuned!)

Join Odile and our new English importer 79North Limited for a private tasting on November 8 @ 17h00 in King’s Cross, London (UK) (specific location to be disclosed upon signup via the link below). A long-time Quinta do Tedo friend and customer, Olesia Leschuk, who participated many harvest moons ago in grape picking and foot-treading at Quinta do Tedo introduced us to 79North Limited, where she is a partner. Olesia personal business The Local Story curates Portuguese artisan gift boxes (including some Quinta do Tedo Portos, Olive Oil and chocolates) for events and corporate gifts to employees, clients & partners.

https://forms.clickup.com/4507944/f/49j98-11815/MKIM4PW472HULPIQ5D

Paolo and Odile will be presenting Quinta do Tedo’s Portos, Odile’s personal project Gamine Rose Wines, and their new “Fora do Tedo” and “Tedo” series at the 8th edition of La Relève on November 14 in Beaune (France) (tickets at the link below).

2025 marks the third year we return with great pride and joy back to our Burgundian roots (Quinta do Tedo Owner Vincent Bouchard is 9th generation Bouchard Père & Fils) to present our family’s Portuguese wine projects amidst an assemblage of 50 other vignerons, the next young, ambitious and passionate generation Burgundian producers taking over their family businesses.

https://yp.events/52963564-a3fa-451d-bf0a-70e5a8f8efca/La-Releve-8?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAafb3p2MvsFMYrEXS1cJU7Rnrw_OqVDVmi9WKWsaDVPzsXj_dre1ohYeLBfLDg_aem_QGSIMItz-ovA00uDnO114g

Join Vincent, Paolo and Odile on November 14 @ from 18h30-20h30 at the Concours des Grands Vins du Monde in Macôn (France) where they will present a premium lineup of 8 Portos in the form of a “Dégustation Prestige” (tickets at the link below) in the cellar of the the Comité des Salons et Concours de Mâcon.

Don’t miss this opportunity to taste different styles of Porto - from innovative Rosé and young Ruby Portos, to single-harvest LBVs, Vintage and Colheita Ports, and of course old Tawny Portos - understand how they are made and what makes Quinta do Tedo’s Portos so unique. While you’re in Mâcon, pass by the 19th edition of the Marché des Plaisirs Gourmands which will also take place that weekend, November 14-17, at Mâcon’s Parc des Expositions.

https://my.weezevent.com/degustation-prestige-portos-de-quinta-do-tedo

Last, but not least, Odile will return for the fifth year to Portweinmesse, Germany’s premium Port tasting, on November 28 in Leverkusen (Germany). Our friend Axel Probst, author of the German reference book Portwein, organizes this special occasion which has gained cult status among German (and nowadays also international) Porto aficionados/as.

Sign up for the Masterclass (this year’s theme is “4 decades of winemaking in the Douro-Valley” with Taylor/Fonseca/Croft’s head enologist David Guimaraens), or professional or general public tasting sessions to discover 100+ special category Portos, from new Vintage releases to mature Tawnies and Colheitas and even the 2023 O-PORT-UNIDADE “joint effort” Vintage Porto produced between all leading Port houses, including Quinta do Tedo, to raise funds for charity.

https://www.portweinmesse.de/

In short, we’ll be “one the move”, but hoping to cross paths at one of the above occasions before a much-needed pause for the holidays… surely with fine Porto in hand to wrap up 2025 in the finest fashion!

~ Odile & Kay Bouchard