Oscar is my father and the current Manager of Quevedo. Oscar (senior) was born in 1946 and is an avid lover of Portuguese wine and vines (maybe more vines than wine!). He has a daughter as well, Claudia, who is our winemaker and my big sister. Oscar (senior) studied law in Coimbra and worked as lawyer for 30 years before embarking on the family tradition of making Port, and clearly, we’re all quite happy he did.

This blog though, is written by the youngest of the Oscars. I was born in 1983. I grew up in the Douro, in the town of S. João da Pesqueira. I moved to Lamego for high school, and soon thereafter, I left to Porto, where I studied Economics in the Faculdade de Economia do Porto. This was fallowed by a short stint working in finance in Lisbon, Geneva and Madrid. Early this year, I decided to join my family’s business and now live between S. João da Pesqueira and Porto.

My role in the company is to run the Export and Marketing Department, which is completely focused on wine social media. Time is limited for all of us, even if you live in the Douro, so there is a big challenge in finding the right balance between the work at the winery and the time spent in the social media. Like many working in social media, I’m still figuring out the right balance.

But maybe I haven’t answered all of your questions. If you have one, please never hesitate to contact me!

What is the difference between Quevedo wines and Oscar’s wine?

When we first decided to create a new brand of still wine, we were thinking in of a young wine, with a funky packaging, marketed solely using Social Media, which is how we came up with Oscar’s. But, traditionally, Quevedo is a Port House that just happens to make some very special still wines, under the same label. Today, however, we have Quevedo, which is more traditional and classic, and Oscar’s, which is young, dynamic and fun.

Quevedo makes some outstanding wines, while Oscar’s has not quite met the standards be under the Quevedo brand. Don’t get me wrong, Oscar’s is good, but it is not exceptional or outstanding. And honestly, I don’t want Oscar’s to be outstanding, otherwise instead of drinking a bottle of Oscar’s every week, you could only afford to buy it once in a blue moon. Oscar’s is affordable, and is meant to be your stand bye dinner wine, or simply a wine you look forward to savoring after a hard day’s work. And who is to say that you can’t bring the night to a celebratory close with a small glass of a Quevedo Colheita 1994 or a Quevedo LBV 2003?!

If you have a dish you feel pairs well with Oscar’s, let us know!

Oscar