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A visit to a wine warehouse
One of the visits when in Vila Nova de Gaia Porto is going to one of their warehouses. Although the vines that lead to the drafting of the wine are found in the high Douro Valley, the Fermentation and aging is done in Vila Nova de Gaia. The origin of the wine appellation is Porto, igiven by the wine shortage England suffered as a result of the war it had with France in the year 1678.England went to the wines of Portugal and Spain for supplies, when some Liverpool merchants flocked to a technique used in the Monastery of Lamego for wine and transferred it to the island. This technique was to add the wine during fermentation and interrupting it.
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