flat-bottomed rabelo boats plied the then-dangerous waters, transporting barrels of port from the quintas to the coastal city of Porto. Nowadays, more prosaically, the wine is transported by road.

Since port wine is a blend of several types ... culture and geology of the region. A rabelo — the traditional flat-bottomed boat that was once used to transport barrels of port downriver from ...

Since port wine is a blend of several types ... culture and geology of the region. A rabelo — the traditional flat-bottomed boat that was once used to transport barrels of port downriver ...

How Porto became Lisbon’s cooler – and cheaper – little sister - Home to sublime cuisine, boutique shopping, city beaches and ...

Brown rabelo boats with their pointed hulls nestle silently on the royal blue Douro River, indulging tourists with one of the most picturesque views in Porto, Portugal. The city of port wine ...

Behold, an abbreviated primer on Portugal’s oft-misunderstood wine. What Is Port? In the same company ... they have long been brought down the river in rabelo boats to be aged and bottled ...

The rabelo boats once used to transport barrels of Porto wine from the Douro valley vineyards to the Port Wine cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia now take travellers along a historic guided river cruise.

1861: English Baron Joseph James Forrester, celebrated mapper of the Douro region and noted opponent of Port wine fortification, drowns in the river he loves so much when his boat capsizes in the ...