In this episode of the No Sediment Wine Podcast, I sat down with Daniel Niepoort, the head winemaker of Niepoort. We discussed about the current state of Port wine, novelties in the Port wine production and the Douro region in general, as well as many other exciting topics.

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*CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO

0:00 Introduction

1:03 On Niepoort winery

2:54 On Daniel Niepoort and his wine journey

5:10 On cover crop in Douro Valley & other novelties in vineyards

9:26 How the winemaking has changed in the Douro Valley

18:37 On Aguardente (fortification of Port by the addition of grape spirit)

23:11 Current state of Port wine

25:54 Opening of "LBV" vintage 1988

31:40 Unfortified wines of the Douro valley

36:14 Niepoort wines beyond the Douro valley

40:55 Debunking a wine myth

42:32 Informal part

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