Contact
If we can be of any assistance please don't hesitate to contact us, or drop by the Rose & Crown during business hours:
email: roseandcrown@alderney.ws
phone: +44 (0) 1481 823414
fax: +44 (0) 1481 823615
The Rose & Crown Hotel
Le Huret,
Alderney
UK Channel Islands
Delivery on Alderney is free :-) we deliver Monday to Saturday between 10am and 1pm.
Please note that we cannot deliver off-island.
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Noval Extra Dry White Port
Port; ABV: 20%;
Quinta do Noval
History
The name of Quinta do Noval first appeared in the land registries in 1715. The property was owned for more than a century by the Rebello Valente family, who were given it by the Marquês do Pombal, Portugal`s all-powerful Prime Minister. In the early XIX century, the estate passed by marriage to the Viscount Vilar D`Allen, who was renowned for hosting wild parties at Noval, transporting dancing girls from the Folies Bergeres.
By the 1880s the Douro had been ravaged by phyloxera and, like many estates, Quinta do Noval was put on the market. In 1894 it was bought by the distinguished Port shipper António José da Silva.
Da Silva breathed new life into Quinta do Noval, replanting the vineyards and renovating buildings on the estate. His work was continued by his son-in-law, Luiz Vasconcelos Porto, who ran the company for nearly three decades. He was responsible for an extensive programme of innovation, transforming the old narrow terraces into the wide
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Images from Quinta do Noval
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