Cockburn's Port ( ) is a

port wine Port wine (, ; ), or simply port, is a Portuguese wine, Portuguese fortified wine produced in the Douro, Douro Valley of Norte, Portugal, northern Portugal. It is typically a sweetness of wine, sweet red wine, often served with dessert wine, ...

producer in

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...

. Cockburn's was set up by Scotsman Robert Cockburn in 1815, who returned to

after first visiting the country as a soldier fighting under

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in the

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. It later became a major brand of port in the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1962, the family sold the company to

Harvey's of Bristol John Harvey & Sons is a brand (trading name) of a wine and sherry blending and merchant business founded by William Perry in Bristol, England in 1796. The business within 60 years of John Harvey joining had blended the first dessert sherry, ...

, which itself then became part of

Allied Domecq Allied Domecq PLC was a multinational company, headquartered in Bristol, United Kingdom, that operated spirits, wine, and quick service restaurant businesses. It was once a FTSE 100 Index constituent and the world's second-largest spirits gro ...

until 2005, when Allied Domecq was taken over by

Pernod Ricard Pernod Ricard () is a French company best known for its anise-flavoured pastis apéritifs Pernod Anise and Ricard Pastis (often referred to simply as ''Pernod'' or '' Ricard''). The world's second-largest wine and spirits seller, it also produ ...

, which sold Cockburn's and some other brands to the Fortune Brands holding company (the parent company of Beam Global). In 2010, Cockburn's was sold to

Symington Family Estates Symington Family Estates is a wine company and port wine house in Portugal, which owns and operates several vineyards and winery, wineries and owns several brands of Port, Madeira wine and Douro DOC wines, including some of the oldest and most wel ...

, a family-owned business with over 1,006 hectares (2,400 acres) of vineyards in the

Douro The Douro (, , , ; ; ) is the largest river of the Iberian Peninsula by discharge. It rises near Duruelo de la Sierra in the Spanish Soria Province, province of Soria, meanders briefly south, then flows generally west through the northern par ...

Valley.

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