Still on the IVDP guarantee seal models for the "Porto" Protected Denomination of Origin (2.)

EN/PT

    Back on the subject of the IVDP Port wine guarantee seals, to update and complete the information of the previous publication. So, we currently have the following alternative required models in Port wine bottles:

    Starting with the new IVDP seal model, applied on the back label or on the back of the bottle;

    De volta ao assunto dos modelos de selos de garantia do IVDP para a Denominação de Origem Prtegida "Porto", para actualizar e completar a informação da publicação anterior. Temos então, actualmente, obrigatóriamente nas garrafas de vinho do Porto, os seguintes modelos alternativos:

    Começando pelo novo modelo, aplicado no contra-rótulo da garrafa;

    Then, the traditional IVDP seal models, of which we wrote about already in the previous publication, that are placed on the bottleneck, vertically, covering the cork or the capsule that covers the cork of the bottle;

    Depois, temos os selos tradicionais que, como já vimos na publicação anterior, são aplicados no gargalo da garrafa, no sentido vertical, cobrindo a rolha ou a cápsula da garrafa;

                         

According the / de acordo com o Despacho 1928/2018, de 22 de Fevereiro de 2018, do Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto, I.P.

©HSM

The traditional IVDP "Porto" denomination of origin guarantee seal (1.)

EN/PT

 

   

    "The warranty seal issued by the IVDP was created in 1941, and made mandatory for all bottled and marketed Port wine, as of 1st October 1942. The guarantee seal is made of paper, has a running number and the IVDP emblem, being placed on the bottleneck in a vertical direction, covering the cork.". (in "Dicionário Ilustrado do Vinho do Porto, by Manuel Poças Pintão e Carlos Cabral)

    From last 9th February 2018 onwards, it is no longer compulsory to place the classic IVDP guarantee seal (also known, in a literal translation as "horseman seal") in Port wine bottles.

    To this date, that paper seal with the running number and the IVDP logo printed, was placed vertically in the Port wine bottle neck, covering the cork, passing under or over the capsule that covers the cork, in such a way that it is disabled when the bottle is opened. From now on, it can also appear on the bottle back label (as in the bottles of DOC "Douro" table wines).

     The traditional procedure of affixing the guarantee seal is optional and it is a decision of the producer or bottler to put the traditional seal or not.

    Obviously, in any case, the rule only refers to the bottle sealing procedure, since Port wine can only be marketed by displaying on the bottles the respective seal of guarantee, aproved and issued previously by the technical services of the IVDP - Douro and Port Wine Institute, which is always mandatory. The guarantee seals are numbered sequentially, to allow an adequate control of its use.

    The warranty seal is a distinctive sign certifying the authenticity of Port wine, so if the bottle does not have the IVDP seal of guarantee, it is not Port wine.

    In conclusion, the continuity of this classic element of the traditional aesthetics of Port wine bottles is from now on an option of the producer.

O Tradicional selo de garantia do IVDP na denominação de origem «Porto»

    "O selo de garantia editado pelo IVDP, foi criado em 1941 e tornado obrigatório para todo o vinho do Porto engarrafado e comercializado a partir de 1 de Outubro de 1942. O selo de garantia é de papel, tem um número corrido e o emblema do IVDP, sendo colocado no gargalo da garrafa, no sentido vertical, cobrindo a rolha." (in "Diccionário Ilustrado do Vinho do Porto", de Manuel Poças Pintão e Carlos Cabral).

    A partir do passado dia 9 de Fevereiro de 2018, deixou de ser obrigatória a colocação dos clássicos selos de garantia (assim como da cápsula-selo) do IVDP, nas garrafas de vinho do Porto, também conhecidos como «selo à cavaleiro», na denominação de origem «Porto».

    Até, esta data, o selo de papel com o número corrido e o emblema do IVDP, era colocado no gargalo da garrafa, no sentido vertical, cobrindo a rolha, passando sob ou sobre a cápsula que cobre a rolha, aposto de modo a que fique inutilizado quando se proceda à abertura da garrafa. A partir de agora o selo de garantia pode também aparecer no contra-rótulo da garrafa (tal com acontece nas garrafas de vinho DOC «Douro»).

    A partir de agora, este modo de aposição do selo ou procedimento de selagem é facultativo, sendo uma decisão do produtor ou do engarrafador a sua aposição do modo tradicional ou não.

    Obviamente que esta nova norma se refere apenas e só ao procedimento de aposição do selo, uma vez que, o vinho do Porto só pode ser engarrafado e comercializado exibindo nas garrafas o correspondente selo de garantia, aprovado e emitido préviamente pelos serviços técnicos do IVDP, I.P. - Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto, que é sempre obrigatório. Os selos de garantia são emitidos com uma numeração sequêncial para permitirem o adequado controlo da sua utilização.

    Este selo de garantia é um sinal distintivo que certifica a autenticidade do vinho do Porto. Se a garrafa não tiver selo de garantia não é vinho do Porto.

    Assim, a continuidade deste elemento clássico da estética tradicional das garrafas de vinho do Porto, é agora uma opção dos produtores.

 

(2.) Still on the IVDP guarantee seal models for the "Porto" protected denomination of origin 

 

©Hugo Sousa Machado

It´s written on the bottle: Taylor's 325th anniversary Tawny Reserve

EN

   
   A short and interesting piece of bottle "literature":

    The wine

    "To produce this exclusive limited edition blend, our winemakers have drawn on Taylor's extensive reserves of old cask aged Ports and selected individual component wines originally set aside for the company's 10, 20, 30 and 40 Year Old Tawnies.

    This opulent and seductive aged Tawny is fitting commemoration of Taylor's 325th anniversary and a tribute to the firm's expertise in ageing and blending the finest cask aged Ports."

    and about the bottle special design:

    "Antique sealed bottles.

    The enjoyment of wine is part of cultural history, as is the development of the glass bottle. The romans made a decisive contribution to bottle manufacture by developing the art of glass blowing. This led eventually to the appearance of mould-blown in around 1st century B.C..

    Later the practice emerged of attaching seals to bottles to identify their owners. Normally circular in shape, these seals bore the owners name, initials, crest or other personal symbol. From the 17th to the 19th century, landed gentry and other well-to-do families ordered personalized sealed bottles as a statement of wealth and status. Vintners and merchants also ordered bottles bearing their commercial symbols. At that time, bottles were used primarily to convey wine from the taverner's cask to the table and were used in the same way as a carafe or decanter would be today.

    This bottle is based on a unique 17th century sealed bottle, made at around the time of our foundation in 1692. It is the earliest example of an intact bottle bearing a merchant's mark, in this case the "4" and "XX" symbol still used as Taylor's trademark to this day.".

©HSM