Alliance Wine welcomes Royal Oporto to portfolio.

Alliance Wine is delighted to announce its new partnership with Royal Oporto, the flagship Port brand of Real Companhia Velha, one of Portugal's most historic wine companies. Alliance Wine is now exclusive distributor across the UK and Ireland.

Established in 1756, Royal Oporto has more than 260 years of Port-making behind it, a heritage that reaches back to the birth of the Douro region itself. The name was coined by English wine merchants, who knew Real Companhia Velha as the "Royal Oporto Wine Company" in recognition of its Royal Charter and its home city. Today, it remains family owned.

Royal Oporto is best known for its distinctive style of wood-aged, Tawny Ports. Each is blended by successive generations of Cellar Masters and matured in an impressive collection of century-old casks, giving a house style defined by richness, elegance and consistency.

Every Royal Oporto Port is made from fruit grown in Real Companhia Velha's own estate vineyards across the Douro, and the company oversees each step from vine to ageing cellar. The result is authenticity and quality that can be traced in every bottle.

The range also arrives in distinctive, premium packaging designed to stand out on shelf, helping retailers and venues trade consumers up and add value across the Port category.

Sarah Benson MW, Buyer for Spain and Portugal at Alliance Wine, says:

"A personal favourite of mine, aged Tawny is a speciality of Royal Oporto. The wines are estate-grown, patiently blended and matured in century-old casks, and the packaging gives them real presence on shelf and on the back bar. That gives our customers a clear route to trading consumers up."

By Kiki Evans, Press, Content & Design Manager, Alliance Wine.