Port and the Douro (Infinite Ideas Classic Wine)

248 Port anD the Douro wider audience. The finest wines combine power with elegance and finesse, words not usually associated wi ...

Douro wines 249 hectares. Since giving up his profession in civil engineering in 1991, Alves de Sousa has revamped his father’s ...

250 Port anD the Douro straightforward red Quinta do Côtto is produced nearly every year from a blend of Tinta Roriz, Touriga Fr ...

Douro wines 251 of vineyard are split between mixed plantings of old vines over seventy years old and newer varietal planting wh ...

252 Port anD the Douro spends around eighteen months in new oak, formerly Portuguese, now French. Adopting something of the phil ...

Douro wines 253 either bottled separately from the best-performing single quintas or blended from properties within the group. E ...

254 Port anD the Douro voluptuous in style with the morello cherry character of well-ripened Douro fruit. Dirk Niepoort himself ...

Douro wines 255 Quinta do Passadouro Vale de Mendiz, 5085-101 Pinhão tel: (351) 254 731 246 http://www.quinta-do-passadouro.com ...

256 Port anD the Douro Quinta do Portal Celeirós do Douro, 5060 Sabrosa tel: (351) 259 937 104 http://www.quintadoportal.pt Huge ...

Douro wines 257 wine on the hoof, João studied oenology at Bordeaux University and joined the family Port shipper Ramos Pinto in ...

258 Port anD the Douro good natural acidity. Quinta do Cidrô is also producing varietal whites from Sauvignon Blanc and Alvarinh ...

Douro wines 259 potential in Douro wines when they made their first in 1990. Baverstock moved the Alentejo and has been replaced ...

260 Port anD the Douro Symingtons also produce a pair of broad, ripe, single-estate reds from Quinta do Vesúvio in the Douro Sup ...

Douro wines 261 with some Sousão give this wine a character of its own. The latter grape is sometimes bottled as a fascinating, ...

8. Directions in Oporto and the Douro Most visits to the Douro begin and end in Oporto. The atmosphere of Portugal’s second city ...

DireCtions in oPorto anD the Douro 263 rooms placed end to end which are used by Port shippers and guests. The meal is served in ...

264 Port anD the Douro regatta De são João during the summer the main road along the waterfront, the avenida Ramos Pinto, is lin ...

DireCtions in oPorto anD the Douro 265 vineyards, like hanging gardens, take over from the unruly pergolas. The first major stop ...

266 Port anD the Douro Ferreira’s Quinta do Porto, Sandeman’s Quinta do Seixo and Quinta de la Rosa all follow in fairly quick s ...

DireCtions in oPorto anD the Douro 267 between the Cima Corgo and Douro Superior. At Ferradosa, just above the former rapids, th ...