To defend Port's honesty, the Marquis of Pombal drew the world's first demarcated wine region — and ordered the Douro's elderberry trees uprooted to stop the faking of Port's color.
The Port lodges of Vila Nova de Gaia, across the Douro from Porto, where houses like Taylor’s have aged their wine for centuries. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 8 min readPortugal is small, roughly the size of Indiana, yet it holds one of […]
For three centuries the steep, schist-terraced Douro made one thing supremely well — Port. Barca Velha set out to prove it could make a great dry red too. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 6 min readTouriga Nacional is widely held to be Portugal’s finest red grape. It is […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 7 min readPort is a sweet, strong, fortified wine from Portugal’s Douro Valley. It is […]
The Best Portuguese Wine Regions If you've ever ordered the house wine at a Lisbon restaurant, chances are it was Tejo. Located outside of the capital, the region is known for crisp, fruity white […]
Marquis of Pombal – Portugal's Pioneer of Winemaking Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo—better known as Marquis of Pombal—was born on May 13, 1699. During his time, he was regarded as one of the […]
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