Douro Somm Camp, a part of Symington Household Estates’ College of Port academic platform, launched in 2020, is returning this 12 months in July.
The programme, with a mission to point out port’s relevance to a contemporary, youthful viewers in an attractive and modern manner, will return on 3-6 July 2023 and can function a choice of the highest sommeliers from Asia and America along with these from throughout Europe.
Its work to date has targeted on instructing wine professionals and fans about port and the Douro area, primarily by way of its two free-to-access academic video sequence: ‘The Necessities’ and ‘The Masters.’
In 2022, College of Port held its inaugural Douro Somm Camp, an immersive academic boot camp for one of the best European sommeliers.
Over 4 days, 13 professionals from throughout Europe got here collectively to discover Porto and the Douro, studying about manufacturing and having unique entry to a few of the Douro’s most historic wineries and estates.
Contributors could have the chance to go to a number of estates within the Douro, style a choice of ports and Douro DOC wines, attend masterclasses, get to know the folks behind the wines together with winemakers, viticulturists, and salespeople, and achieve behind-the-scenes entry to all facets of port and wine manufacturing.
College of Port goals to determine Douro Somm Camp as a key annual fixture within the world sommelier calendar, inviting the rising stars from nationwide competitions annually to participate.
The UK consultant for 2023 is Maria Boumpa, a licensed Sommelier and DipWSET pupil, and head sommelier at Michelin star restaurant Da Terra in London.
