The world’s oldest demarcated wine region, the Douro Valley has long been known for its fortified wines. But along with its newly claimed title of European Wine City 2023, this striking area is proving it offers much more than just port.
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There are few wine regions in the world as instantly recognisable as Portugal's Douro Valley. Its vineyards rise in striking symmetry from the banks of the Rio Douro, which charts a 557-mile-long course across northern Portugal before spilling out into the Atlantic at Porto. The Alto Douro lies at the sweet spot where the Marão and Montemuro mountains meet, shielding the land from unforgiving westerly winds.
Historically, the area has been heavily focused on the production of port, an industry that dates back to the 1386 Treaty of Windsor, which allowed Portuguese merchants in the Douro to begin freely shipping barrels of wine downriver and across the ocean to England.
The Douro's hiking trails allow visitors to follow in the footsteps of the pioneers who tamed the schist and granite-rich terroir with towering terraces.3. Explore the river on a rabelo boat The Douro’s first wine merchants relied on the river to spirit port barrels to their lodges in Porto, from where they were dispatched on to England. Today, a journey along this historic waterway remains one of the best ways to experience the area. Travel by, a flat-bottomed wooden boat with long oars specifically designed by the merchants to navigate the narrow river gorge.
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