A PORT FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS PORT WINES & THE RABELO BOAT THE BRAVE OF THE DOURO Smooth, complex, aromatic, liqueur-like, iconic. What does Port Wine taste like? It tastes like the conquest of the Douro River, once turbulent, unpredictable and stormy, only navigable by small marvels of Portuguese naval architecture. In a pre-roads and pre-trains era, the Rabelo boats transported barrels of Port Wine between the most remote estates of the Douro Valley to the Vila Nova de Gaia Cellars, where the wine would age with time and soul before being enjoyed by the entire world. Port wine tastes of this bravery, and we believe that its typical hint of sweetness is there to remind us of the hundreds of sailors who, with words of faith, took risks, embarked and reached safe harbor. Feel like an honoured guest of this great story, with the certainty that every time you drink a Port, you are giving more future to a unique heritage. INTERESTING FACT About “Port Wine Day” “Denomination of Origin”. Considering the frauds that jeopardised the reputation and quality of the wine, the Marquis of Pombal created some measures, including the creation of this “certificate” of origin and quality. Port Wine Day is celebrated on 10 September, as it was on that day, in 1756, that the first demarcated and regulated region in the world was created, the Alto Douro Vinhateiro, on the initiative of the Marquis of Pombal. Ruby or Tawny, there are always more reasons to toast.