Port and the Douro (Infinite Ideas Classic Wine)

268 Port anD the Douro The remote town of Vila Nova da Foz Côa in the Douro Superior boasts a richly decorated parish church. Fo ...

DireCtions in oPorto anD the Douro 269 ‘... owing to the absence of any kind of accommodation, the traveller is entirely depende ...

270 Port anD the Douro down with a fino, a refreshingly cold draught beer. The trusty bacalhau (salt cod) can be seen – and smel ...

9. Postscript the future for Port and the douro At the start of the new century, the Port trade had never had it so good. With t ...

image of both Port and Douro wines worldwide, but it is not the cure-all for the region’s problems. It has to be hoped that futu ...

PostsCriPt 273 the early 1980s. There is a healthy spirit of co-operation between producers that didn’t exist in the 1990s, help ...

glossary oF Portuguese anD teChniCal terMs ABAFADO (as in vinho abafado): a general term for a fortified wine where the fermenta ...

BENEFICÍO: literally meaning ‘benefit’, it signifies the annual authorisation of must which may be fortified to produce Port in ...

276 Port anD the Douro FREGUESIA: parish. GENEROSO: literally ‘generous’; also meaning fortified as in vinho generoso, fortified ...

glossary oF Portuguese anD teChniCal terMs 277 RAMADA: overhead pergola system used for training vines in the Vinho Verde region ...

278 Port anD the Douro glossary oF aCronyMs Portugal has a bewildering number of different acronyms. These are the initials of o ...

glossary oF Portuguese anD teChniCal terMs 279 Fining: the process where microscopic particles are removed from a wine by the ad ...

aPPenDix i – institutions regulating anD ProMoting Port anD Douro wines instituto Dos vinho Do Douro e Do Porto (ivDP) Rua dos C ...

Casa Do Douro Apartado 10, Rua dos Camilos, 5050-272 Peso da Régua Tel: (351) 254 320 811 Created in 1932, the Casa do Douro has ...

282 Port anD the Douro assoCiação Dos vitiCultores engarraFaDores Dos vinhos Do Porto e Douro (avePoD) Rua da Alegria, 39-1.º, 5 ...

aPPenDix i 283 ConFraria Do vinho Do Porto Rua Dr. António Granjo, 207 4400-124 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: (351) 223 745 520 confrar ...

284 Port anD the Douro Adega Cooperativa de Sanfins do Douro Adega Cooperativa de São João da Pesqueira Adega Cooperativa de Tre ...

aPPenDix ii: Port BeneFíCio anD ProDuCtion oF Port anD Douro wine 2001–2011 Year Benefício / Authorisation Port wine* DOC Douro ...

aPPenDix iii Referência Principal Name Recognised Synonym Port Douro Duriense 1 agronómica B X 2 Água santa t X 3 alcoa t X 4 al ...

51 Branco Gouvães B X 52 Branco Guimarães B X X X 53 Branco João B X 54 Branda B X 55 Branjo t X 56 Budelho B X 57 cabernet Fran ...