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[D. JOSÉ I / D. JOÃO, PRÍNCIPE REGENTE]. COMPANHIA DO ALTO DOURO - Qualidade dos Vinhos, Misturas e Fraudes. - [D. JOSÉ I / D. JOÃO, PRÍNCIPE REGENTE] COMPANHIA DO ALTO DOURO - Qualidade dos Vinhos, Misturas e Fraudes . 5 diplomas: 2 Alvarás, 3 Alvarás com força de Lei; Portugal, 1768-c. 1802. A set of five Royal Decrees intended to protect the quality and reputation of Alto Douro wines and to combat fraud that threatened the privilege of the General Company of Agriculture of the Vineyards of Alto Douro, between the second phase of its activity, in 1768, and the beginning of the 19th century. 16 Jan 1768 (D. José I; Count of Oeiras) - Declares and expands the provisions of paragraphs 29 and 30 of the Institution of the Company, to preserve the reputation of the wines from the Douro coast and prevent branch wines from being mixed with those intended for shipment to America and foreign kingdoms; registered on January 30, 1768. 16 Nov 1771 (D. José I; Marquis of Pombal) - In view of the persistence of frauds that disrupted the observance of the laws and provisions given since the Institution of the Company (September 10, 1756), he orders that the scandal and the harm caused by them be put to an end, in the manner declared; registered on the 18th and published on December 7, 1771. December 16, 1773 (King José I; Marquis of Pombal) - Royal Decree with the force of law which, in order to remedy the abuses and damages that experience has revealed in the practice of agriculture, commerce and the wine economy of the Upper Douro, provides them with broad and specific measures. 4 August 1776 (D. José I; Marquis of Pombal) - Royal Decree with the force of law that prevented the smuggling of farmers and inhabitants of the Three Northern Provinces, who introduced bottled wines into the cities of Porto, Aveiro and other lands under the pretext of passing them on to places permitted by the Law of September 10, 1756, then transporting them clandestinely, by themselves and by third parties, out of the Kingdom as wines for export; registered on August 17, 1776. c. 1802 (Prince Regent D. João; Viscount of Balsemão) - Royal Decree with the force of law that addresses the harmful transgressions of laws prohibiting the mixing of inferior wines with legal export wines, in order to promote better quality, increasing the price of these and other wines, for the benefit of farmers. The collection allows us to follow, over three decades, the struggle of the Companhia do Alto Douro against the mixtures and irregularities that jeopardized the distinction between export wines and branch wines, the basis of Port wine's prestige in foreign markets. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate