Founded in 1670, Warre’s is the oldest British Port House and has remained a family-owned company throughout its long history.

The backbone of Warre’s Ports are made at Quinta da Cavadinha and at the historic vineyard of Quinta do Retiro Antigo in the Rio Torto valley. Recently, the magnificent Quinta da Telhada in the far eastern Douro has been acquired for Warre’s and provides some of its finest grapes.

A Specialist Producer

Warre’s are famous for producing a range of specialist Ports that are not commonly made by other Port houses. They are just one of a handful of producers, for example, that produce a ‘Bottle-Matured LBV’ – a Late Bottled Vintage Port, where the wine is bottled unfiltered and then cellared for four years to allow the wine to mature before it is released for sale.
Another wine that embodies the distinct character of the company’s Ports is Quinta da Cavadinha. Arguably one of the most elegant and feminine of all Single Quinta Vintage Ports, Warre’s Cavadinha owes much of its unique charm to the location of the winery – a high altitude mountain quinta which sits away from the Douro river where the majority of the valleys other wineries are located.
Warre’s have also been one of the most innovative Port companies and were the first Port house to introduce a contemporary Aged Tawny to the UK market with the introduction of Otima.