• Sandeman's estate

    November 10, 2016 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 55 °F

    The port wine grapes are grown and crushed in the Douro and then transported to Porto where it is aged. This is one of the estates that grows grapes for one of the big port houses.

    The grapes are crushed in these giant concrete vats. It's no longer done by humans stomping (much - some places still do it occasionally) mostly it is done by robots.Read more