An endearing slice of Portugal is the Douro River Valley, the winding, terraced region that produces the country’s beloved port wine. This is Portugal’s answer to Germany’s romantic Rhine ...

The Douro Valley is the only place that can legally produce what's called "port wine," thanks to the Marques de Pombal, who demarcated the region in 1756.

The Douro River Valley, a meandering, terraced region that produces Portugal’s beloved port wine, is one of the country’s most charming areas. However, unlike the Rhine, Loire and numerous ...

A 20-year port means 20 years is the average age of the wines in the blend. Port is a fortified wine and it’s powerful stuff, usually enjoyed after a meal.

The Douro Valley in Portugal seems an unlikely source for bottles with delicacy and subtlety, but producers are now creating elegant reds and whites.

Portugal's Douro Valley has some of the world's most spectacular wine hotels, where offerings go beyond a great wine list.

5 ways to discover Portugal’s Douro Valley, a destination ripe for wine lovers The world’s oldest demarcated wine region, the Douro Valley has long been known for its fortified wines. But ...

Workers plant vines at Quinta do Crasto, in the Douro Valley of northern Portugal. The region is famous for port and, more recently, for red and white table wines. (Leah McIntyre) ...

Plenty of wine regions have hotels. Plenty of hotels incorporate wine into their offering. Few do so as elegantly and effectively as the Six Sense Douro Valley in Portugal.

From Portugal’s dramatic Douro Valley, port is considered among the world’s great wines. This red wine is made in two basic styles — ruby and tawny — with a number of variations within ...

Portugal’s Douro Valley “bears close watching,” said Eric Asimov in The New York Times. Port has always been the valley’s specialty, but with port drinkers a fading species, the region ...

The Douro Valley is the only place that can legally produce what’s called “port wine.” To this day, its grapes are still generally picked by hand and crushed the traditional way — by foot.