Ports of call: a wine tour of the Douro

Edit The Guardian 21 May 2016
Portugal’s Douro region is famous for its port, but also produces fine, good-value reds and top nosh. Perfect, then, for thirsty foodies like our writer. The Douro river is wild and tamed, fertile, rich and dust poor ... Getting to the region can be fun ... Douro map ... Twitter ... Here, Joe Alvares Ribeiro – chiselled jaw, clean chinos, ineffable charm – gently insists that I swing up to the two-street town of Favaios, where moscatel wines are made....

New four-night Royal Douro Delights river cruise on Spirit of Chartwell (Saga Group Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Mar 2016
(Source. Saga Group Ltd). Her Majesty the Queen sailed along the River Thames on the Spirit of Chartwell during the 2012 Diamond Jubilee river pageant ... The all-inclusive, four-night 'Royal Douro Delights' river cruise is available by booking online only and starts in Oporto ... Guests re-join the ship at Pinhao and later enjoy a meal at the Quinta da Avessada, a historic wine museum right in the heart of vineyards in Favaios village ... Ends....
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