viii Contents
illustrations
- Port and the Douro up to date Preface to the third edition xi
- Vineyards, vines and quintas
- Making Port: Tradition and technology
- Port types
- Vintage Port
- Port producers and shippers
- Douro wines
- Directions in Oporto and the Douro
- Postscript
- Glossary
- i. Institutions promoting and regulating Port and Douro wine Appendices
- ii. Port benefício / total production 2001–2011
- iii. Port grape varieties
- iv. Global sales of Port wine
- v. Global share of premium Ports
- Index
- Map 1. The north of Portugal and the Douro MaPs
- Map 2. The Douro, showing prominent quintas
- Map 3. The location of Port lodges in Vila Nova de Gaia
- Fig. 1. Contrasting systems of cultivation in Douro vineyards Figures
- Fig. 2. Autovinification
- Noble house, Vilariça Terraces, Cima Corgo xii
- Verandah, Quinta do Bomfim
- ‘Bombs house’, São João de Pesqueira
- Octagenarian vine
- Harvester’s kitchen, Quinta do Bomfim
- Granite chapel, São Salvador do Mundo
- Senhora da Ribeira. ‘John Major had lunch here’
- Cestos: old and new
- Macacos: ‘monkey sticks’
- Basket press
- Balões ‘ginas’, ‘mamas’, ‘Lollobrigidas’
- Toneis, pipas and balseiros
- Fonseca’s room with a view
- Ponte D. Luíz and Gaia
- Bacalhau
- Barco rabelo
- One of the world’s great train journeys