Portugal: Porto & Port Wines

Port is aged and shipped from the town of Porto or Oporto, from which it took its name. Its unique bouquet, body and taste derive from the high quality of the grapes, and from the complexities of the soils and climate of the region. Great Britain, which was Port's first market dating back to the17th Century, was also its biggest importer up to 1963 when France became the leading buyer. (Source: Canada - Portugal Chamber of Commerce)

View 4 of the 29 port merchants in Vila Nova de Gaia, shown on the map above: Warre (26), Graham (2), Cockburn (9), and Rozes (18). Look at photos of port lodges.

Source: Hugh Johnson, The World Atlas of Wine – map of port lodges in Porto.