A special edition, limited to 180 numbered copies for sale, published as part of “The Douro Series”, by The Port Lover’s Library (Isaac Oelgart).
Originally published in the New York Evening Post in 1901, this edition was published in 1997.
A nice item to have in a collection of Port books, but you only need to find about 10 minutes to read it from cover to cover.
Publisher: The Port Lover’s Library
Edition: 1997
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This interesting little book is a series of short articles penned by the author in the summer of 1925. Having read it cover to cover, I must confess that I see absolutely no connection between the contents and the title.
A special edition, limited to 120 numbered copies for sale, published as part of “The Douro Series”, by The Port Lover’s Library (Isaac Oelgart).
A special edition, limited to 120 numbered copies for sale, published as part of “The Douro Series”, by The Port Lover’s Library (Isaac Oelgart).
This is an entertaining and informative account of the author’s career in the Port trade in England and Oporto. The booklet puts into context the relationship between Cockburn, Martinez, Harvey’s of Bristol and the conglomerates that came to own those historic companies at a level of detail that I have not seen written elsewhere. There is a certain sadness running through prose of the final pages where the author seems to be lamenting the loss of the family-owned nature of the business. Knowing that Cockburn is now back in safe hands made me smile as I read.
Wyndham Fletcher was Managing Director of Cockburn Smithes & Co. in London until his retirement in 1975. This brief account of his time in the Port trade gives a very interesting description of the workings of the trade and the styles of Port available in the years prior to the change in the law regarding the shipment and bottling of Port outside Portugal. This is a very nice item to own and it contains some very interesting and amusing anecdotes that I have not seen in any other publication.
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Published in 1956, this is more like an essay than a book. 23 pages in large print with little or no useful information, just the author’s brief impressions of Port wine and the Douro.