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We went to Porto in order [url=http://www.gotprintsigns.com/abercrombiepascher/]abercrombie pas cher[/url] to know its wines, its people and the history that they created on these sunny hills, lost in the Golden Valley of the river with the same name. Buses, escudo, downtown The airport Francisco Sa Carneiro is placed at approximately 11 kilometres away from the downtown of Porto. After the customs formalities, which last almost half an hour, I head towards the public transportation stop, where one can choose between buses 56 or 87. Thus, for 160 escudos, I reach into the heart of the city in 15 minutes and in my hotel room in another quarter of hour. After having my lunch at the ground floor restaurant, I am ready to plunge in the past, the present, and the future of this wonderful city. The first impression is overwhelming: very narrow streets, never right, paved either with cubic stone or with azuleju, a type of small and coloured faience. The bus that transports me makes me imagine that I have died and I am heading towards hell. It passes so close to the walls that I believe that we shall crush against the walls, the pedestrians, and the other cars. None of these happens; everything is all right with the streets, the driver, the bus, and its passengers. The city welcomes me! Ponte Dom Luis I The crossroads where the bus stopped, respecting the red colour of the traffic light, is dominated by the equestrian statue of Pedro the IVth. A statue which, unfortunately, I do not get to admire too much because it is its period of... general cleaning. Yes indeed, the statue is regularly washed, almost in every month. This is why it is not surprising that the streets look as they do, clean, impeccable, seeming to be covered in a layer of blue-grey porcelain. I find out from the driver that we are just crossing the Douro River, on the biggest bridge in Europe, included in the World Touristic Patrimony. This is about Ponte Dom Luis I, a gigantic construction, realised from over 3000 tones of steel, in the year 1886, in keeping wit the style imposed by the famous French engineer Gustave Eiffel. Thus, we crossed the city from Cais da Ribeira (the lowest area of the city) to one of the fanciest neighbourhoods in Porto: Calem (one of the most important companies that produce Port wine, together with Sandemans's, Croft's, Borges, or Ferreira). The home of the Port wine Located at number 26 on Attorney Diego Leite Street, the Caves Calem Wine Company is the only one that [url=http://www.thehygienerevolution.com/hollister.php]hollister[/url] is still owned by the Portuguese, as the other companies have been taken over by individuals or international corporations specialised in wine production and exportation. Being at the same time one of the oldest in the country, the company is situated on the bank of the Douro River, a symbol of its tradition being anchored right by the river, at the entrance of the offices. It is of course about a famous caravel, used in the past for the transportation of the wine casks all around the world. This caravel, charged with best quality wines, followed the commerce routes, floating on the strong waves of the Atlantic Ocean towards various worlds, in hunger for the bouquet and the quality of the Porto wines. Manuel de Calem After entering the over one hundred year old building, I am welcome by Joao Manuel, the guide who shall accompany me in my journey in the history of the Portuguese wines. Nice, jovial, and kind, he reminds me (in words that I have heard so many times) a lesson of the heart coming from a wine lover. "Calem is one of the oldest wine companies in Portugal and the only one that is still owned by the Portuguese. The commercial activity commenced at the same time with the first operations of export of the Port wine in Brazil, from where we began to import exotic wood, used for the fabrication of the [url=http://www.fibmilano.it]woolrich outlet[/url] special casks in which the wine from Calem is stored for ageing. As you may know, the Port wine is a smooth wine, used most often as appetiser of digestive beverage, with a concentration of alcohol ranging between 18 and 22%. It is obtained from special types of grapes, such as Folgasao, Malvasia, Fina, Rabigato, Donzelinho, Gouveio, and Viosinho (for white wines) or Periquita, Rufete, Tinta Amarela, Tinta barroca, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Francesca, Touriga Nacional and Tinto Cao (for red wines). The grapes from which the Port wines are purified are planted and exploited exclusively in the Douro region, placed at approximately 100 kilometres from the city and reaching to the border with Spain. The first marking of the region took place in 1756, this being at the same time the oldest viticultural region from all over the world. Here the vines are planted on terraces and perhaps this is why the work is very difficult, but nevertheless the mechanisation eases the human effort to the extent [url=http://www.teatrodeoro.com/hollisterde.php]hollister[/url] possible. The most frequently used roots, able to resist to the phylloxera attacks, are the Berlandier with Riparia (420A and SO4) hybrids or with Rupestris (R99, R110, 103P) hybrids. Referring to productivity, the crops obtained in the area of Porto City are not among the highest in Portugal, since the maximum authorised rate is 55hl/ ha approximately 7500 kg grapes/ha." Wine stories When seeing so many bottles of Port wine crowded together, one can become surprised, happy, or sad. 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The superior wines are of a high quality, produced in exceptional years in some of the most special areas of the region. Realised from wines of one single year, they are kept in wooded casks two or three years before the bottling. After this period, the bouquet becomes well proportioned, complex, and very distinct. The flavours with which the wines are associated are those of chocolate, cocoa, cigarettes, cinnamon, pepper, or fruits. The ones that are bottled very late, a long time after having been produced and stored represent another category of wines to age. They are also wines from one single year. They appear in exceptional years, gaining in quality while ageing and they are bottled between the fourth and the sixth year. They have a red colour, with an increase elegance and some sort of uniqueness. Complete and with a rich flavour, these wines may develop exceptional qualities especially since they are preserved in special wooden casks. The dated wines represent an absolutely distinct category. They are wines from one single year, but can be sold only after ageing for seven years. Since they are kept in wooden casks, the youth, freshness and [url=http://www.ktbruce.co.uk/mulberrysale.php]mulberry sale[/url] flavour help them to create their own bouquet: distinct, fine, with flavours of toast, wood, or cereals. After ennobling, they acquire a yellow colour with green tones, especially true for the old wines. The last category of Port wines consists of the indicated age wines. They are similar to the dated sorts, but they are realised by mixing several wines together. The authorised indicators for the age of the Port wines are 10, 20, 30, and over 40 years. Their bouquet is characteristic to the process of oxidation suffered by the wines through ageing, together with flavours of dry fruits, [url=http://www.thehygienerevolution.com/hollister.php]hollister france[/url] toast, or cereals. 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The White sort comprises several important subcategories in the range of Port wines, many of them being associated to one or another variety, depending upon the percentage of alcohol, sugar, and way of preparation. This category comprises the slightest fortified wine, Light Dry Port." Instead of good bye I enter the presentation store, I buy a bottle of Tawny labelled Vasco's Port and an inscribed umbrella and I go out on the quay, looking at the caravel anchored in front of the company. I wonder how many sailors have gone aboard. And I answer myself, with the wonderful taste of the Port wine: many, too many, so that the fado should never rock them better than the ocean did for so long. And I head for Auckland with my mind full of thoughts. I leave the kingdom of high quality wine happy, and yet not. It is very difficult to be up to the standards of the Port kingdom. Maybe one day! 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