The firm was founded in 1865 by two young Norwegians, Theodor Wiese and Dankert Krohn. Over the following century and a half the firm built up an outstanding reputation for its old cask-aged Ports, in particular its ‘colheitas’ or single harvest tawnies. Krohn is also noted for its finely-constituted Vintage Ports sourced from its flagship property Quinta do Retiro Novo in the Rio Torto Valley.
At the beginning, Wiese & Krohn was a very sma...
Quinta do Retiro Novo is located in Sarzedinho, a very small village in the Rio Torto valley. The soil where the vines are growing, the altitude, the locality, the (low) productivity and the slope of the vineyards are particularly favorable to the production of quality Ports.
The Quality of a vineyard is measured by multiple factors. The grape varieties, the age of the vines, the method of training and the density of plantation, among other...
Wiese & Krohn’s estate Quinta do Retiro Novo is located in Sarzedinho, a very small village in the Rio Torto valley. In this area the nature of the soil where the vines are growing, the altitude, the locality, the (low) productivity and the slope of the vineyards are particularly favorable to the production of quality Ports.
Quality is determined by the grape varieties which have been planted in the Quinta, by the age of the vines, their me...
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