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Fonseca Guimaraens, often simply called Fonseca, is one of the largest Port wine houses in Portugal.〔http://www.intowine.com/port2.html〕 Manoel Pedro Guimaraens established the company in 1822 when he acquired control of the Fonseca and Monteiro Company from the Fonseca Family by purchase of the majority of Fonseca owned shares. A condition of the sale of Fonseca's shares was that the name Fonseca remain as the brand name.〔http://www.cellartours.com/portugal/portuguese-wineries/fonseca-guimaraens-port-winery.html〕 David Guimaraens, the great-great-great grandson of the founder Manuel Pedro, has been the head winemaker since 1994, and oversees the winemaking and blending for all four Taylor Fladgate Port houses: Taylor Fladgate, Fonseca Guimaraens, Croft, and Delaforce.〔http://www.fortheloveofport.com/articles/a_Tour2.htm〕 Fonseca maintains an estate, Quinta do Panascal, open to the public for tastings and tours. The vineyard Quinta do Panascal in the Douro has been classified as a Grade A producer of grapes.〔http://quintadopanascalvisitorscentre.wordpress.com/about/〕 Fonseca currently ships a variety of Ports, including vintage, 10, 20 and 40-year traditional tawnies, a 10-year white tawny, late bottle vintage, non-classic vintages (Quinta do Panascal, Guimaraens Vintage), among others.〔http://www.fonseca.pt/〕 It is often confused with the similarly named, but completely unrelated, Portuguese wine producer José Maria da Fonseca, based in the Arrábida IPR on the Setúbal peninsula.〔J. Robinson (ed) ''"The Oxford Companion to Wine"'' Third Edition pg 277 Oxford University Press 2006 ISBN 0-19-860990-6〕 ==History== Fonseca was originally a very small Port shipper operating under the name of Fonseca, Monteiro & Co. in the early 19th century. In 1822, Portuguese business man Manuel Pedro Guimaraens acquired operating control of the business and renamed it to Fonseca Guimaraens.〔T. Stevenson ''"The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia"'' pg 338 Dorling Kindersley 2005 ISBN 0-7566-1324-8〕 During the Liberal Wars of 1828-34, Guimaraens was a supporter of the liberal reforms of King Pedro IV of Portugal. When the absolutist party of Portugal put Pedro's brother Miguel on the throne, Guimaraens found himself in danger due to his liberal support. He fled Portugal, hidden in an empty Port wine barrel and later settled in England where the Fonseca company was headquartered until 1927.〔The Port Wine ''(Fonseca )'' Producer Index, Accessed: Jan 9th, 2010〕〔Fonseca ''"(Foundation )"'' Accessed: Jan 9th, 2010〕 Guimaraens and his family greatly expanded Fonseca's commercial interest in the Port wine industry as well as its vineyard holdings in the Douro. In 1948, the large Port wine corporation of Taylor, Fladgate and Yeatman purchased the house but allowed Fonseca to remain its own separate entity.〔 The Guimaraens family has been intimately involved in the winemaking production with nearly every single vintage label Port from 1896 being made by Frank Guimaraens, his great nephew Bruce Guimaraens and now Bruce's son David Guimaraens. One notable exception is the 1955 vintage which was made by Frank's daughter Dorothy after her father died and before Bruce was ready.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fonseca Guimaraens」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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