ENTRE-OS-RIOS, Portugal — Beneath terraces of vineyards and olive trees in the undulating landscape of northern Portugal, a crowd of locals gathered to watch our boat squeeze through one of five ...
Wine has been produced by traditional landholders in the Alto Douro region for some 2,000 years. Since the 18th century, its main product, port wine, has been world famous for its quality. This long ...
Portugal — particularly the Douro region — is becoming a hot destination for wine enthusiasts and travelers alike. It is unique from other wine-growing regions because of its terrain and soil, but ...
Portugal is best known, of course, for Port, the fortified sweet red wine enjoyed mainly as an after-dinner drink, perhaps with cheese, more often with chocolate and, on occasion, with a good cigar.
Along the Douro River in Portugal wine has been grown for centuries. This is also where the world-famous port wine comes from. Find out what makes it so special in part 16 of our series "Extreme ...
In my experience, there isn't a wine growing region anywhere on the planet to touch the Douro. It's pretty enough on the Spanish side of the border,... In my experience, there isn't a wine growing ...