![]() |
Vila Nova de Gaia - Port Wine |
In 1757 the Marquis de Pombal demarcated the Douro Valley vineyards creating the first Demarcated Wine Region in the world. Further legislation by D. Maria I, regulated the preparation and trade of Douro wines, stimulating improvements in the quality of the Port Wine that was exported by the General Company for the Cultivation of Upper Douro Vineyards, The extinction of this monopoly in 1834, liberalized the Port Wine trade, with some negative consequences for its quality.
Due to lack of space on the right bank of the river, the warehouses for aging, conditioning and storing the wine were built on the opposite banks of the river, in Vila Nova de Gaia.
No comments:
Post a comment