We pulled out into the river before sunrise and went through our first lock at 7 AM. Late in the morning we docked and toured the vineyard of Quinta de Aveleda.
They have some very old Port in huge oak barrels that date back almost 100 years. But the port we had for lunch was very young. We also got to tour the grounds where extensive gardens had been planted with many exotic plants and trees from around the world.
This region of Portugal and the Douro River is the largest wine region in Portugal with over 343 varieties of grapes and 250 of those varietals are Portuguese.
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