Croft wine cellar Photograph by RicardMN Photography

Croft wine cellar

by RicardMN Photography

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Title

Croft wine cellar

Artist

RicardMN Photography

Medium

Photograph - Photograhy

Description

Croft wine cellar, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.

Croft is one of the most distinguished of all Port houses. Founded in 1588, it is the oldest firm still active today as a Port wine producer. The company is renowned above all for its Vintage Ports as well as for its range of wood aged reserves and tawnies, time-honoured styles refined by skill and experience passed down the generations.

But in spite of its rich heritage and history spanning over four centuries, Croft has never been constrained by tradition. Today, as in the past, it maintains a pioneering spirit, continuing to create innovative new styles such as Croft Pink, the first ever ros� Port.

Behind every great wine producer is a great vineyard. The cornerstone of Croft�s distinctive house style is the famous Quinta da Ro�da, described as the jewel of Port wine estates. The wines of this magnificent property, which contains some of the oldest vineyards in the Douro Valley, are the heart of Croft�s Vintage Port blend.

As important as its history, traditions and vineyards, is the fact that Croft remains a family company, dedicated to the production of the finest Ports of all styles, from full bodied reserve Ports to the iconic Croft Vintage Ports prized by the connoisseur and collector.

Visitors to Oporto can visit the house of Croft in Vila Nova de Gaia.

The story of the House of Croft begins over four centuries ago in the city of York which at the time was one of England�s principal centres of trade.

Since 1581 the monopoly of the city�s commerce had been held by the Merchants Company of York. In 1588, Henry Thompson, member of a prominent Yorkshire family, was admitted to the Company and set up a successful business trading in wine. This firm was to become the Port house that we know today as Croft.

In 1654, commerce between England and Portugal was further encouraged by a new treaty which awarded special privileges to English merchants trading in Portugal including entitlement to lower duties. As a result the Thompson family shifted their focus from France, which was frequently at war with Britain, to Portugal. By that time the firm was led by Richard Thompson who was responsible for transforming the family firm into a Port wine company.

The earliest evidence of the firm�s activity as a Port shipper dates from 1678, coincidentally the year of the first ever recorded shipments of Port wine.

The Croft family played a prominent and influential role in the Port wine trade and elevated the House of Croft to the place of distinction which it occupies to this day.

The place of distinction occupied by Croft and its wines is due in no small measure to its ownership of one of the finest estates of the Douro Valley, the famous Quinta da Ro�da. Quinta da Ro�da is the cornerstone of Croft�s reputation as a producer of superb Vintage and vintage style Ports. Its characteristically plump, full, vigorously fruity wines, are the essence of the inimitable Croft house style.