Quinta do Noval in situ

This is being published on Christmas Eve in the hope that it will remind you to ensure you serve port over Christmas. If not then, when? The Douro Valley and its farmers need your support!

I recently wrote about Christian Seely's 20th anniversary in the saddle at Quinta do Noval in the Douro Valley in northern Portugal. Not content with hosting tastings of its most famous wine, Nacional port, in both the US and UK, he also celebrated last month with another, even more extensive tasting of Noval vintage ports at the quinta itself.

What it conclusively proved, and was...