The School of Port: Symington Family Estates has released a new video course titled ‘The Masters’

The School of Port: Symington Family Estates has released a new video course titled ‘TheMasters’.After the success of the series ‘The Essentials’, a 16-episode course covering the various stagesof Port wine production, ‘The Masters’ nowappears, which takes the viewer to the next level,approaching the various topics in greater technical detail. .‘The Masters’ is a 5-episode course that explores production, aging and bottling issues ofdifferent styles of port wine; this time, with different guests sharing their first-hand experienceand knowledge.In this course, the viewer will learn about the fermentation and fortification processes in greatdetail, hear testimonies from professionals who are directly involved in the production andaging of Ruby and Tawny ports, as well as Port wines aged in bottle. In addition, you will get to know the blending and bottling processes. ‘The Masters’ is the most technical School of Portcourse to date.In addition to the usual hostess Isabel Monteiro,known by many as #portgeek, this series alsocounts with the participation of other important names, including the Symington family-suchas Charles, Dominic and Paul Symington-who contribute with important reflections onthemes of their specialty areas.’The Masters’ course is hosted at schoolofport.com. To access it, simply register or log in to thewebsite. Subtitles in Portuguese and English are available, as well as a short final exam forthose who, like the previous course, want to obtain a certification.It is recommended to view in sequential order of episodes:Episode 1: Fermentation, fortification and agingEpisode 2: Aging in Wood–Part I-Ruby, Reserve Ruby, LBVEpisode 3: Aging in Wood–Part II-Tawny, Reserve Tawny, Aged TawniesEpisode4: Bottle Aging-LBV, Crusted, Vintage PortEpisode 5: On the way to the bottle–Blending and bottling.

In addition, School of Port will continue its work of sharing educational content via Instagramat @schoolofport as well as providing face-to-face and online training to professionals.