Day Pass Sunday December 6
All day events in the Lechwelten incl. lunch at a reduced tariff.
Tasting
The Douro Boys with rare Ports
The Luxury of Time: Rare Ports
Date 6 DEC 2026
Location Lechwelten
Time 15:30 – 17:00
Price incl. VAT
€ 220,00 Great Ports mature over decades and speak of houses, vintages, and patience. Amanda Wassmer-Bulgin moderates a rare tasting with Daniel van der Niepoort, Francisco Olazabal, Tomas Roquette, and João Roquette.
Tickets
Week Pass Lechwelten December 5-9
All events at Lechwelten incl. lunch from December 5-9 at a reduced tariff.
Single ticket
The Luxury of Time: Rare Ports
Details
Port belongs to the great long-distance wines of the world. Vintage Port, Tawny, and Colheita can endure for decades, gaining depth, complexity, and quiet authority along the way.
In this tasting, representatives of the Douro Boys open rare bottles and exceptional releases from their family houses. Present are Daniel van der Niepoort of Niepoort, Francisco Olazabal of Quinta do Vale Meão, João Roquette of Quinta do Vallado, and Tomas Roquette of Quinta do Crasto. Amanda Wassmer-Bulgin guides the tasting, combining sommelier precision with the question of what maturity, origin, and house style truly mean in the Douro.
Location
Speaker
Amanda Wassmer Bulgin
Born in Salisbury, England, in 1984, Amanda Wassmer-Bulgin first discovered her passion for gastronomy through cooking, but found her professional home in service and wine. She worked as a journalist for the British wine magazine Decanter, as a wine consultant at Harrods in London, as Chef de Rang at Schloss Schauenstein, and as Head Sommelier at Park Hotel Vitznau and Restaurant Silver at Hotel 7132 in Vals. She later became Wine Director at Grand Resort Bad Ragaz. Today, together with her husband Sven Wassmer, she runs the three-Michelin-starred restaurant Sven Wassmer Memories and the one-Michelin-starred restaurant verve by sven. She is also COO of the Wassmer Family Group, a juror, lecturer, speaker and Master of Wine candidate.
Guests
Daniel Niepoort →
Head Winemaker & Sixth-Generation Niepoort
Francisco Olazabal →
Quinta do Vale Meão & Great Douro Origin
