B082 Dows Port


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	B082 Dows Port - Edition - 1,500
	In 1798 a Portuguese merchant Bruno da Silva set up a business shipping the wine of the Douro from his native city of Oporto to London. The business thrived and in 1862 Bruno’s son John brought in Fredrick William Cosens as a partner. During the early part of the 19th century, when England and Portugal were allied against the French invasion of the Iberian Peninsula, Bruno de Silva applied for ‘letters of marque’ to equip a sailing ‘privateer’ with nine guns. In this way, he could continue to safely send his wine from the Douro River to England through the dangerous and war-ravaged waters of the Bay of Biscay, gaining a valuable advantage over other less audacious producers. Never has great wine been so well protected. George A. Warre, from the longest established British family in Oporto, became a partner of Silva and Cosens in 1868. He was subsequently joined by James Ramsey Dow in 1877. The Dow name became the brand of Silva and Cosens because of its already outstanding Vintage Port reputation.
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