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Rain and Fog and Wine

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April 15th 2016
Day 3 - Quinta Nova Winery Hotel. Douro Valley We are surrounded by hundreds of acres of vineyards just starting to leaf out and it is raining and foggy this morning. We have been told that this region has 9 months of rain and 3 months of HELL, hot hot weather in the summer. It allows for perfect grape growing. We have been invited in a tour of the winery in about 45 minutes with the French fam ... read more

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more