Northern Portugal’s Douro Valley is home to a wide range of cultural experiences — whether it’s hiking through pine forests, exploring historic towns or visiting the vineyards where port wine grapes ...

Portugal’s south, starting with Lisbon, is a tourism magnet. But in the country’s north, Porto, its second largest city, sends visitors into the scenic, historic, prime wine producing Douro Valley. It ...

By Tom Marquardt And Patrick Darr We once hesitated to try port—a drink we pictured in smoky dens, sipped by pompous gentlemen with weighty ideas. After a heavy meal our tired palates rarely welcomed ...

Port has a history as rich as the drink itself. The Romans first sowed the seeds of port production when they started ...

Enjoying a glass of white port at the Quinta da Pacheca vineyard in Cambres, Portugal. Photo Credit: Brinley Hineman CAMBRES, PORTUGAL -- I knew cruising through the Douro Valley would give me a ...

“The scenery does the work for us,” says Márcio Faria Dias, the hotel manager of Torel Quinta da Vacaria in Portugal’s dramatic Douro Valley. The whole place is based on what he calls “a way of ...

I'm no oenophile but I have always loved a glass of port. I used to have a little decanter by my bedside and I'd pour a small glass if I couldn't sleep. So I jumped at the chance to stay at the newly ...

We once hesitated to try port — a drink we pictured in smoky dens, sipped by pompous gentlemen with weighty ideas. After a heavy meal our tired palates rarely welcomed its sweetness, and we’d rather ...