Port wine
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Port wine, or simply port, is a Portuguese fortified wine produced in the Douro Valley of northern Portugal. It is typically a sweet red wine, often served with dessert, although it also comes in dry, semi-dry, and white varieties.
A glass of tawny port
Official guarantee label from a bottle of port
The vineyards that produce port wine are common along the hillsides that flank the valley of the River Douro in northern Portugal.
Aging in wooden barrels
Porto
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Porto, also known as Oporto, is the second largest city in Portugal after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan area, with an estimated population of just 237,559 people in a municipality with only 41.42 km2 (16 sq mi). Porto's metropolitan area has around 1.7 million people (2021) in an area of 2,395 km2 (925 sq mi), making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. It is recognized as a global city with a Gamma + rating from the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.
Image: Puente Don Luis I, Oporto, Portugal, 2012 05 09, DD 13
Image: Casa da Música Porto Portugal
Image: Ayuntamiento de Oporto, Portugal, 2012 05 09, DD 03
Image: Palacio da Bolsa in Porto (2)