Latest news and stories about douro in Portugal for expats and residents.
2024 in the Douro region is expected to go down in history as a vintage year, or classic, as it is known in the Port wine world.
Half a century ago, a group of friends created a sports association and put down roots in a house overlooking the Douro. The club that tourists love wants to modernise, but without losing its local spirit.
On Saturday, March 28, Milton Ferreira invites chefs Rui Paula and Joel Paiva to cook in the Douro. The special dinner, which interprets regional products, takes place among vineyards at the Casa das Pipas restaurant in Celeirós, in the municipality of Sabrosa.
This Maria Fernanda 2021 is the first edition of a wine named in honour of the daughter of Beatriz and Rubens Menin, the Brazilian billionaire who fell in love with the region.
The Porto native, who is also at Matriarca, a Symington project in Porto, cooks dishes inspired by the north, “good food” that he prepares, whenever possible, in a wood-fired oven.
An intense, deep, and rich wine that, when tasted, never misleads about the conditions of its origin. Despite its different conception, it is a wine of the same stature as Barca Velha, the iconic wine from Casa Ferreirinha.
From waking up to a view over the city to the evening in Serralves Park, we followed an itinerary that could have been designed for any tourist.
The 2020 Maria Teresa is a Douro red wine showing notable balance and ageing potential, seemingly on its way to perfection.
In São João da Pesqueira, in the heart of the demarcated Douro region, I met a winemaker who reads philosophy and recites his grandfather's poems by heart. Chronicle by João da Silva
Raquel Maia and Paulo Moreira dos Santos are the new members of the board of directors of APDL – the Administration of the Ports of Douro, Leixões and Viana do Castelo, which retains João Neves as its leader. In a statement, APDL says the new board took office on Tuesday “at a particularly significant moment, marked by ...
