The Magnificent Douro Valley as a Wine Tasting Region
Two and a half centuries before the French invented the appellation, a Portuguese statesman drew a line around a river valley, marked it with granite pillars, and created the world’s first regulated wine region — to protect a wine the British could not stop drinking. KWReviewed & edited by Ken Wytsma · Fact-checked June 2026Researched
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