Taylor Fladgate Portuguese Wine Tasting With Special Guest Robert Bower

Taylor Fladgate Portuguese Wine Tasting

With Special Guest Robert Bower

Wednesday, October 28^th

2022 Graca da Pedra Alvarhino, Moncao y Melgaco

2021 Quinta da Pedra ‘Milgres’ Alvarinho, Moncao y Melgaco

2021 Quinta de Portal Reserva, Duoro

2018 Principal ‘Calcario’, Bairrada

2013 Principal Grande Reserve, Bairrada

Taylor Fladgate 20 yr Tawny

Taylor Fladgate 30 yr Tawny

Taylor Fladgate 1975 Colheita Tawny

Taylor Fladgate 2022 Sentinel Vintage

Menu

Grilled Sardines Served on Toasted Sourdough Bread

Sliced Black and Blue NY Strip with Sweet Potato and Carrot Flan

Double Chocolate Chip Bourbon Pecan Pie with House Made Vanilla Ice Cream

The fee for this tasting which includes dinner and gratuity, is $275 + tax, for reservations call 954-523-9463.  Please let us know when you make your reservations if you have any dietary restrictions and chefs Toni and Dani will be glad to accommodate you.

Robert Bower has spent a quarter of a century taking Port to the world, nearly five years of it on the ground in the United States, and it is a calling he was born into. He represents the eighth generation of the Yeatman family to work in the Port trade, the family whose name has stood on the door of Taylor, Fladgate & Yeatman since 1838.

Born in Porto in 1975, Robert first came to know Port as a child, following his father through the steep terraced vineyards of the Douro at harvest time. His father, Huyshe Bower, a relative of the Yeatmans, joined Taylor’s in 1959 and later became a partner. Huyshe went on to open new international markets for the house, reducing its historic dependence on Britain and he started the close partnership with Kobrand in 1987. He grew Taylor’s to be a reference for Port in North America and Asia. It is work his son would later take up.

At eight, Robert was sent to school in England, continuing at Eton College and then Imperial College London. There he graduated in biology and, a year later, earned a Master’s in Molecular Biology and Virology. This was followed by three years with the pharmaceutical company Novartis in Cambridge, England. Drawn back to Portugal and the Douro, he prepared for the wine trade with studies in marketing, languages and wine tasting in England and France.

Robert joined The Fladgate Partnership in the spring of 2001, managing its North American markets from Porto. He then moved to the United States, spending nearly five years at Kobrand Corporation as the Port wine Portfolio Manager, working closely with the American trade. In March 2011 he returned to Portugal as Market Director, responsible for more than 20 markets around the world, from New Zealand and Singapore to Switzerland and Portugal itself, where he successfully grew market share.

Today Robert’s focus is on making his family’s Ports and table wines available around the world, and on showing the remarkable range of high-quality wine styles that Portugal produces.

About The Fladgate Partnership

Founded in 1692, Taylor’s has remained independent and family-run throughout its history. Its parent company, The Fladgate Partnership, brings together the Port houses of Taylor’s, Fonseca, Croft and Portal, as well as still and sparkling wines from the Douro, Bairrada, Dão and Vinho Verde, including Principal, Quinta da Pedra, Royal Palmeira, Bella and Quinta do Portal. The group also owns The Yeatman and Vintage House hotels, fine-dining restaurants and the World of Wine (WOW) cultural quarter in Vila Nova de Gaia.

 SHORT BIOGRAPHY About 100 words

Robert M. S. Bower represents the eighth generation of the Yeatman family of Taylor, Fladgate & Yeatman. Born in Porto, he trained as a biologist at Imperial College London and worked for Novartis before joining The Fladgate Partnership in 2001 to manage its North American markets. He spent nearly five years in the United States as Port Wine Portfolio Manager at Kobrand Corporation, then served as Market Director for more than 20 markets worldwide. He now focuses on bringing his family’s Ports and Portuguese table wines to the world, and lives in Porto with his young family.