Taylor's Port

Port Wine from Tradition and Innovation

With well over 300 years of history, Taylor's is one of the oldest, thoroughly independent port houses. It was founded by the English merchant Job Bearsley, who came to Porto at the end of the 17th century to buy wine. He is also responsible for the 4XX mark, which is actually a wool seal, but is still the Taylor's Port company emblem and can be found on every bottle. His descendants continued the trade and specialized more and more in port wines, establishing themselves as one of the most appreciated port houses in the world.

Awards upon awards

It is most famous for its enormously long-lived Vintage Ports, showered with top awards (100 Parker points for 1992 and 1994 alone!) and its decades-aged Tawnys. However, Taylor's is also famous as a pioneer and inventor of new port wine styles, such as:

• Late Bottled Vintage (LBV)
• the dry White Port (Chip Dry) or
• Quinta Vintage Port (Quinta de Vargellas)