By Tom Marquardt And Patrick Darr We once hesitated to try port—a drink we pictured in smoky dens, sipped by pompous ...

If you visit Porto, begin at World of Wine in Vila Nova de Gaia, just across the river. This sprawling museum covers port, ...

The Douro Valley in Portugal has changed. 30 years ago, it was all about port wines, all about big houses with internationally famous names. But in the 1990s, things started to change; a new ...

The world’s oldest demarcated wine region, the Douro Valley has long been known for its fortified wines. But along with its newly claimed title of European Wine City 2023, this striking area is ...

Some sixty miles (100 kilometers) east of the Portuguese city of Porto—along the Porto River—ascends the Douro Valley. Scenic hillsides include grapevines growing on carefully tended terraces. For ...

THERE is more to Portugal than its beaches – as its picturesque northern region of Douro proves. This proudly kept secret ...

Taylor’s Port has a history stretching to 1692, and it’s now part of the sweet red wine’s evolution. The storied port wine house in Portugal is now under the umbrella of the Fladgate Partnership, ...

ENTRE-OS-RIOS, Portugal — Beneath terraces of vineyards and olive trees in the undulating landscape of northern Portugal, a crowd of locals gathered to watch our boat squeeze through one of five ...

Port is one of the most unusual wines on earth, and one uniquely well-suited to the long nights and cold weather of this season. As a fully sweet and fortified red wine, everything about port is ...

The brand-new Tivoli Kopke Porto Gaia Hotel has opened in the city of Vila Nova de Gaia, located on the south bank of the Douro River in Portugal. Built from the restoration of the centuries-old Kopke ...