1934 Burmester Reserva - Colheita Port - Douro, Porto - 1 Flasche (0,75 l)

1 bottle of 1934 Burmester Reserva Vintage Port Wine
This is a Single Harvest/Colheita Port, the wording "Vintage" can be misleading.
The wording "Envelhecido em casco", meaning "Matured in Wood", confirms this.

- the house of Burmester
In 1730, Henry Burmester and John Nash established in London the company Burmester & Nash, dedicated to the corn trade. In 1750 having acquired warehouses in Vila Nova de Gaia they started exporting Port Wine. The original shareholders were English even though the name Burmester (‘Burgmeester’) comes from Northern Germany.
During the First Wold War due to their German heritage they had to leave Portugal within 24 hours and German properties should be confiscated. Gustav Adolph manages to transfer the family’s wine to a good Portuguese friend at least on paper before he had to flee. The friendship lasted and when he returned in 1920 he had his wine re-transferred to his company.
The company was always ruled by the Burmester family, having been taken over by the Amorim family in 1999. In 2005 Burmester was sold to the Sogevinus group.