Dirk Niepoort

Less is more!

There are basically two aproaches: “terroir” makes a great wine and a winemaker makes a great wine (let’s assume that a great winemaker makes great wine)

I believe totally in the first and old fashioned theory; the name winemaker says it all: the one who makes the wine. In the past, the “winemakers” were not known by that name but as cellar master, or something similar.

I believe the duty of a “winemaker”, or maybe “wine...

Francisco van der Niepoort came to Portugal from Holland in 1842, with the aim of embarking upon the port trade. Francisco wouldn't have dared to dream that his great-great-grandson Dirk would make Niepoort into one of the best-known names and most internationally renowned wine producers. Together with his sister Verena, Dirk represents the fifth generation of Niepoorts; he is a wine-fanatic like very few in the entire world. Not only in that ...

THE PROUST Q&A: DIRK NIEPOORT

Born in 1964 to a distinguished family of Dutch Port shippers, with his wild mop of curly hair and huge personality, Dirk Niepoort is the face of the “New Douro” and has done much to modernise and promote the Portuguese wine region. His first release was four barrels of Robustus in 1990, following up with table wine Redoma a year later. He has since gone on to push the boundaries of Portuguese viticulture in hi...