Quevedo Port Wine Advent Calendar: 24 Days of Port from the Douro Valley

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The Quevedo Port Wine 24 Day Advent Calendar offers a festive journey through the many different styles of Portugal’s most famous fortified wine.

Behind its 24 doors are full 5cl bottles of Port from family producer Quevedo, covering fresh White and Rosé expressions, fruit-forward Ruby Port, mature Tawny styles, Late Bottled Vintage and beautifully aged 10, 20 and 30 Year Old releases.

With 1.2 litres of Port in total and an average strength of 19.5% ABV, the calendar provides a generous tasting experience from 1 December through to Christmas Eve.

A Different Style of Port Every Day

Port is a remarkably varied category.

Although it is often associated with rich red wine served after dinner, Port can also be fresh, floral and citrus-led, deeply fruity, nutty and oxidative or shaped by many years of ageing in wooden casks.

The Quevedo calendar brings these contrasting styles together in one collection, allowing the recipient to compare how colour, sweetness and maturation change the finished wine.

Across the 24 days, the selection moves between:

Fresh White Port
Fruity Rosé Port
Rich Lágrima White Port
Mature aged White Port
Bright Ruby Port
Organic Ruby Reserve
Late Bottled Vintage Port
Tawny Port
Tawny Reserve
10 Year Old Tawny
20 Year Old Tawny
Single-harvest Colheita Port

Each style appears twice, creating a balanced 24-day journey and giving the recipient another opportunity to revisit every wine.

What Is Included in the Quevedo Port Advent Calendar?

The calendar contains 24 individual 5cl bottles drawn from 12 different Quevedo Port styles:

2 x Quevedo White Port
2 x Quevedo Rosé Port
2 x Quevedo Lágrima Reserve White Port
2 x Quevedo 30 Year Old White Port
2 x Quevedo Ruby Port
2 x Quevedo Organic Ruby Reserve Port
2 x Quevedo Late Bottled Vintage 2019 Port
2 x Quevedo Tawny Port
2 x Quevedo Tawny Reserve Port
2 x Quevedo 10 Year Old Tawny Port
2 x Quevedo 20 Year Old Tawny Port
2 x Quevedo Colheita 2008 Port

Key details include:

24 x 5cl bottles
1.2 litres of Port in total
Average strength of 19.5% ABV
12 different styles, each included twice
White, Rosé, Ruby and Tawny Port
Aged and vintage-dated expressions
One bottle for every day from 1 to 24 December
Colourful festive presentation
Limited-edition seasonal release

The generous 5cl bottles provide enough Port for a proper tasting or can be divided into two smaller servings for a shared countdown.

The Story of Quevedo Port

Quevedo is a family-owned producer based in Portugal’s Douro Valley, the historic region in which Port wine is made.

The family grows grapes and produces its wines near São João da Pesqueira, one of the important winemaking areas of the Douro. Quevedo also operates a lodge and tasting room in Vila Nova de Gaia, where Port has traditionally been aged and prepared for sale.

The calendar reflects the breadth of Quevedo’s range rather than focusing solely on one flagship wine. It moves from youthful and approachable styles to mature Ports that have spent decades developing in cask.

This makes it both an introduction to the producer and a broader guide to the principal styles found within the Port category.

What Is Port Wine?

Port is a fortified wine produced in the legally defined Douro region of Portugal.

During fermentation, grape spirit is added to the wine. This stops fermentation before all of the natural grape sugar has been converted into alcohol, preserving sweetness while increasing the final strength.

Most Port is bottled at approximately 19% to 22% ABV.

The finished style depends on several factors, including:

The grape varieties
Length of fermentation
Level of sweetness
Time spent in wood
Exposure to oxygen
Whether the wine comes from one vintage or several years
Whether it is intended to mature in cask or bottle

The Quevedo calendar demonstrates these differences particularly clearly by placing youthful Ruby Port beside mature Tawny and aged White expressions.

Discover White Port

White Port is made from permitted white grape varieties and can range from dry and refreshing to rich and sweet.

The standard Quevedo White Port offers a lighter introduction, with fresh fruit, citrus and floral character.

It can be enjoyed chilled by itself or lengthened with tonic water for a classic Port and Tonic.

Quevedo Lágrima Reserve

Lágrima is among the sweetest styles of White Port.

It typically offers richer flavours of honey, ripe fruit, citrus preserve and gentle spice. Its fuller sweetness makes it particularly well suited to desserts, fruit tarts and blue cheese.

Quevedo 30 Year Old White Port

The 30 Year Old White Port is one of the calendar’s most mature and prestigious inclusions.

Extended cask ageing transforms the fresh fruit of younger White Port into deeper flavours that can include:

Dried apricot
Orange peel
Honey
Caramel
Roasted nuts
Vanilla
Gentle wood spice

Its inclusion gives the calendar considerably greater depth than a collection built only around entry-level Port.

A Fresh Approach with Rosé Port

Rosé Port is produced through limited contact between the grape juice and red grape skins, giving the wine its pink colour without developing the deeper character of Ruby Port.

It is designed to be enjoyed young and commonly offers flavours of:

Strawberry
Raspberry
Cherry
Fresh red fruit
Floral notes

Rosé Port is best served chilled and can also be mixed with tonic water, soda or fresh fruit.

Its bright and refreshing character provides a useful contrast with the darker, richer Ruby and Tawny styles found elsewhere in the calendar.

Ruby and Ruby Reserve Port

Ruby Port is created to preserve the colour, fruit and intensity of a youthful red wine.

It is generally matured in larger vessels that limit the wine’s exposure to oxygen, helping retain flavours of:

Blackberry
Blackcurrant
Cherry
Plum
Dark chocolate
Sweet spice

Quevedo Ruby Port provides one of the calendar’s most immediately fruit-forward drams.

The Organic Ruby Reserve adds greater selection and concentration while being produced from organically grown grapes.

These wines work particularly well with chocolate desserts, berry-based puddings and mature cheese.

Late Bottled Vintage 2019 Port

Late Bottled Vintage, commonly shortened to LBV, is made from grapes harvested in one declared year.

Unlike Vintage Port, which normally spends a shorter period in wood before developing in bottle, LBV remains in cask for longer before bottling.

This creates a wine that combines vintage character with a more approachable, ready-to-drink style.

The Quevedo LBV 2019 can offer:

Ripe blackberry
Plum
Black cherry
Cocoa
Pepper
Warming spice

It provides an excellent comparison with the younger Ruby Ports and the more oxidative Tawny styles.

Tawny Port and Tawny Reserve

Tawny Port develops through greater exposure to oxygen during maturation in wooden casks.

Over time, its colour changes from deep red towards amber and tawny shades, while fresh berry flavours gradually develop into dried fruit, nuts, caramel and spice.

Quevedo Tawny introduces this mature style with approachable notes of:

Dried fruit
Toffee
Nuts
Vanilla
Gentle oak

Tawny Reserve brings additional richness and depth, sitting between the standard Tawny and the age-stated expressions.

These Ports can be served slightly chilled and work particularly well with nuts, caramel desserts, fruit cake and hard cheese.

10 and 20 Year Old Tawny Port

Age-stated Tawny Port is blended to express the character associated with the age shown on the label.

The number is an indication of style and average character rather than a statement that every component is exactly that age.

Quevedo 10 Year Old Tawny

The 10 Year Old expression retains some fresh fruit while introducing more pronounced dried fruit, nuts and oak.

Typical flavours include:

Dried apricot
Raisins
Almonds
Caramel
Orange peel
Cinnamon

Quevedo 20 Year Old Tawny

The 20 Year Old Tawny moves further towards mature cask character.

It can offer greater concentration and complexity, with flavours of:

Figs
Dates
Walnuts
Toffee
Coffee
Sweet spice
Polished oak

Tasting the two age statements within the same calendar demonstrates how Tawny Port develops with longer maturation.

Quevedo Colheita 2008 Port

Colheita is a Tawny Port produced from grapes harvested in one specific year.

Unlike Vintage Port, it spends an extended period ageing in cask before bottling. This gives it the nutty and oxidative character associated with aged Tawny while preserving the identity of a single harvest.

The Quevedo Colheita 2008 provides a vintage-dated comparison with the blended age-stated Tawny Ports.

Drinkers may discover flavours including:

Dried figs
Raisins
Roasted nuts
Orange peel
Caramel
Coffee
Mature spice

Its inclusion helps make the calendar a genuine exploration of Port rather than simply a collection of sweet red wines.

How to Serve the Different Ports

The ideal serving temperature depends on the style.

White Port: Serve well chilled, either neat or with tonic water.

Rosé Port: Serve chilled or over ice, with soda, tonic or fresh berries.

Ruby and Ruby Reserve: Serve slightly below room temperature to preserve the fruit.

LBV Port: Serve at approximately cellar temperature in a small wine or Port glass.

Tawny and Colheita: Serve lightly chilled to emphasise the balance between sweetness, nuts and mature oak.

Aged White Port: Serve lightly chilled and allow it to rest in the glass before tasting.

Port should be poured into a glass with enough room to swirl the wine and release its aromas rather than served in an overly small liqueur glass.

Food Pairings for the Quevedo Advent Calendar

The variety of styles creates a wide range of pairing options.

White Port

Serve with salted almonds, olives, soft cheese or seafood appetisers.

Rosé Port

Pair with fresh berries, fruit salad, light desserts or charcuterie.

Ruby Port

Dark chocolate, berry puddings and rich cheese complement the concentrated fruit.

LBV Port

Try with mature Cheddar, Stilton, chocolate cake or Christmas pudding.

Tawny Port

Roasted nuts, caramel desserts, crème brûlée and fruit cake suit its mature character.

Aged White Port

Dried fruit, nut-based desserts, hard cheese and orange-flavoured chocolate work particularly well.

The calendar can also be used to create a full Port and food tasting across several evenings in December.

An Ideal Gift for Port Lovers

The Quevedo calendar is particularly suitable for someone who enjoys wine but wants something different from a conventional bottle or case.

It is ideal for:

Port wine enthusiasts
Wine collectors
Couples
Christmas gifts
Dessert-wine drinkers
Cheese and wine lovers
Portuguese food and drink enthusiasts
Shared festive tastings
Someone discovering Port for the first time

The 12 different wines provide enough variety for experienced Port drinkers while remaining accessible to newcomers.

The inclusion of mature 20 and 30 Year Old wines also gives the calendar a premium element that is not always found in festive wine collections.

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For an especially luxurious whisky countdown, A Whisky Tour of the World includes 24 full 5cl bottles, two glasses and premium wooden presentation.

Why the Quevedo Port Calendar Stands Out

The calendar offers:

24 full 5cl bottles
1.2 litres of Port in total
12 distinct Port styles
Each wine included twice
White, Rosé, Ruby and Tawny Port
Late Bottled Vintage 2019
Colheita 2008
10 and 20 Year Old Tawny Port
30 Year Old White Port
Average strength of 19.5% ABV
One bottle for every day until Christmas Eve
Colourful festive presentation
An excellent introduction to the Port category

Few calendars provide such a clear progression from fresh, youthful styles to wines shaped by decades of cask maturation.

Final Thoughts

The Quevedo Port Wine 24 Day Advent Calendar offers one of the most complete festive introductions to Port wine.

Its 24 full 5cl bottles cover the principal styles of the category, from chilled White and Rosé Port to fruit-rich Ruby, vintage-dated LBV, nutty Tawny and mature age-stated expressions.

The inclusion of Quevedo 20 Year Old Tawny and 30 Year Old White Port adds genuine premium interest, while the Colheita 2008 demonstrates the character of a single-harvest Tawny.

Whether enjoyed as a personal tasting journey or shared between two people, the calendar provides a new opportunity every day to explore the grapes, casks and traditions of Portugal’s Douro Valley.

Ready to discover a different Port every day until Christmas?

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