Into the hills led by Marco our cheery tour guide from Cool Tours for a quite excellent day in the Douro Valley. First to Quinta do Alloto where we sampled their white, rose and red. They are a typically small scale producer on the seemingly unworkable slopes of the Valley. Grapes are gathered by hand and trodden by foot. Fabulous.
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After a river trip and an excellent lunch (at Tachinho da Te: black pig for BFP, veal for the Groupie) it was on to the even better port estate, Quinta Marrocos where we were entertained (this is definitely the right word) by the fourth generation proprietor Cesar Sequeira. We downed a white port, a tawny and two reds, culminating in the Late Bottled Vintage 2011. Precious stuff - we left with two bottles - one for me and one for a friend who's feeling down.
We went for our nightly walk down at the waterfront and had one final glass of wine close to the water. A brilliant day in this happy place.
Point of information - I had been misled when I said that Porto have won the league, however Sunday's results did leave them five points clear with two games left. The raucous celebration was to mark rivals Benfica having lost. Sorry sports fans.
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