Kopke

Founded in 1638 by German merchant Cristiano Nicolau Kopke and his son in Porto, Kopke is widely recognized as the world’s oldest Port wine house. Now based in Vila Nova de Gaia and owned by the Sogevinus group, the firm anchors its production in Quinta de São Luiz in the Cima Corgo subregion of the Douro, a historic A‑grade estate with old vines that supply the core of its Ports and Douro still wines. Much of the company’s early documentation was destroyed in an 1882 fire, but its reputation has been rebuilt on co…