Canteiro is the traditional method of ageing Madeira wine in wooden barrels.

How to open and decant a Vintage Port

Vinho Verde. The light heavyweight or surprisingly surprising.

The Alentejo (Portuguese além de Tejo = beyond the Tejo), which is located behind the Tejo as seen from Lisbon, is predominantly hot and dry.

Vini Portugal's official map of the wine growing regions of Portugal

DOP - Designation of origin

Touriga Franca is a thick skinned red grape variety from northern Portugal.

Touriga Nacional is the autochthonous red reference variety of Portugal.

Dow's was the brand name of Silva & Cosens' port wines and is now one of the top brands of the Symington Family Estates.

The shipper W. & J. Graham is one of the most prominent port wine producers on the scene. Today, the house, which has been in existence for around 200 years, belongs to the Symingtons.

Info about the Port shipper J.W. Burmester

The cradle of port wine lies along the Rio Douro and its tributaries in northeastern Portugal. The river (Spanish: Duero), which originates in Spain, flows through Portugal from east to west and empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Porto.

The oldest evidence of wine growing in the Douro region dates back to the Bronze Age; grape seeds and vines from that period have been found in several locations. During the Roman occupation, wine growing continued to expand...

There can still be found more than a hundred different grape varieties in the Douro Valley.

Interview with Ruth Lindenblatt about Madeira wine on Info-Radio Berlin (in German)

Interview with Karsten Kubin about Port on Info-Radio Berlin (in German)

The Portuguese word quinta means country estate or vineyard and is used, as everywhere in the country, also in the Douro...