Graham\u2019s Port has announced a new addition to its \u2018First Flight\u2019 series, exclusive to Global Travel Retail. Following the original 2003 release, Graham\u2019s \u2018First Flight\u2019 2015 Single Harvest Tawny Port marks 75 years since the first commercial flights connected London and Lisbon – a landmark moment in aviation between two countries whose friendship dates back to the signing of the Anglo-Portuguese Treaty in 1373.<\/p>\n
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In June 1940, the first commercial flights between London and Lisbon took off aboard the distinctive DH.91 Albatross, opening a new chapter in travel between the two countries. Now, more than 80 years later, the route continues to connect millions of travellers each year.<\/p>\n
Coming 75 years after those first pioneering flights, the remarkable 2015 harvest proved particularly well suited to producing Aged Tawny Ports, which have since aged in oak at the historic Graham\u2019s 1890 Lodge in Vila Nova de Gaia. The 2015 Single Harvest Tawny Port offers a distinctive expression of a single year in the Douro Valley, combining freshness with the richness, complexity and elegance afforded by careful ageing.<\/p>\n
This release also holds particular significance for the Symington family who share this Anglo-Portuguese heritage, and who have shaped Graham\u2019s ports over several generations. In 1882, Andrew James Symington travelled to Portugal to begin work in the wine trade before marrying Beatriz Leit\u00e3o Carvalhosa Atkinson in the late 19th century. Now in its fifth generation, the family continues to nurture close ties between the two nations.<\/p>\n
Gon\u00e7alo Brito, Global Travel Retail Manager at Symington Family Estates, commented, \u201cThe 2015 \u2018First Flight\u2019 Single Harvest Tawny Port offers travellers a distinctive expression of Graham\u2019s, shaped by heritage, craftsmanship and provenance. Global Travel Retail gives us a unique opportunity to share that story with consumers from around the world, while continuing to build Graham\u2019s presence in this important channel.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Graham\u2019s Port has announced a new addition to its \u2018First Flight\u2019 series, exclusive to Global Travel Retail. Following the original 2003 release, Graham\u2019s \u2018First Flight\u2019 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":88950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2597,535,1,477,7099,7097],"tags":[69,39,18324,15269,18325,5533,15268,216],"class_list":["post-88949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-best-selling-brands-in-duty-free","category-duty-free-retailers","category-latest-news","category-latest-promotions-in-duty-free","category-spirits","category-wines-spirits","tag-duty-free","tag-dutyfree","tag-grahams-first-flight-2015-single-harvest-tawny-port","tag-grahams-port","tag-grahams-port-duty-free","tag-port","tag-symington-family-estates","tag-travel-retail"],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88949"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88992,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88949\/revisions\/88992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}