Duration: | 19-25 hours |
The word Port conjures up images of far flung away colonies with the British flag fluttering in the wind . Pass the port on the left, never the right is a well known tradition in the navy. It was the time of Britannia rules the waves and port was spread where the British went. Port hails from the wonderful country and oldest ally of Britain, Portugal. Port was discovered due to the circumstances that prevailed during the Napoleonic wars when red wine was no longer being exported from France to England. There had to be a replacement wine and where the Douro river meets the Atlantic at the cities of Oporto and Vila Nova De Gaia, was the waterway to Port captivating the world with this new wine.