Any port in a storm
Despite stormy relationships with the French and the British, Portugal’s Douro Valley has survived and thrived with its fortified and, latterly, brilliant terroir-driven wines
The Douro valley in northern Portugal is one of the most beautiful, isolated and remote places left in Europe. It comprises two distinct areas.
Firstly there is the city of Porto, at the mouth of the vast Douro River, which gives its name to the fortified port wine. This is where the port wines are aged and shipped. The second portion is a 150km stretch of the Douro River Valley and its tributaries, ...
