Granted, this was our first true wine tasting excursion in Gaia. We chose to visit the family-owned boutique winemaker, Augusto’s. The Augusto family has two small vineyards in the Douro Valley and is not a part of any multi-vineyard corporation. They produce only a maximum of 35,000 bottles a year. That’s about the number of …
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Beautiful City Porto
Whether by accident or design, generally speaking, European countries have honored their history and heritage by preserving historical town centers and olden cities as they were or near as they were when first built ages ago. Most very early first town structures were built of wood but eventually replaced or restored in stone after having …
Dark Ages House
Almost everyone we know who has visited Portugal or lives in Portugal says, go to Porto or as Oporto as it is often called. This city is big! Actually, the Porto area is two cities, like Little Rock and North Little Rock separated only by a river. Porto lies on the west side of the …