Cockburn's Port ( ) is a port wine producer in Portugal. Cockburn's was set up by Scotsman Robert Cockburn in 1815, who returned to Portugal after first visiting the country as a soldier fighting under Wellington in the Napoleonic Wars. It later became a major brand of port in the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1962, the family sold the company to

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, which itself then became part of

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until 2005, when Allied Domecq was taken over by

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, 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

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, a family-owned business that owns over 1,006 hectares (2,400 acres) of vineyards in the Douro valley.

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