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Quinta do Vallado Part 1: An Experience
June 16, 2019 7 min read

Quinta do Vallado Part 1: An Experience

By Olga Antoniadou

This will be my first reference to my visit to the Douro Valley, with a second to follow on Quinta do Crasto and Quinta do Vale Meao. My aspiration was to manage to visit the Douro Boys (Quinta do Vallado, Quinta do Crasto, Niepoort, Quinta do Vale Dona Maria, Quinta do Vale Meao) during my three-and-a-half day trip to Porto, but it proved impossible to do so as my dates were fixed and, obviously, they had other commitments. I did manage to visit 3 out of 5. Not bad at all! The idea was sparked by Terry Kandylis, but Andrea Schultes and Isabella Kitzwoegerer of Wine Partners helped me with the final planning. 

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