Research and Key Words Pay Off!

This was the last Porto wine shop on my list to visit on this trip. It is very unassuming and is half convenience/grocery store. Other than a window display of some random wine, what you see when you walk by is the convenience/grocery store. But if you walk in and turn the corner you encounter a treasure trove of hard to find regional wine. The purveyor speaks no English and can be a little pushy, but is very nice and respected what I was searching for. My research and a few key words resulted in two bottles of very rare 2015 “200 Year Anniversary Duke of Wellington” (defeat of Napoleon) Crusted Port! I had a bottle of that wine at my house with a few of my neighbors three days after hurricane Sally to celibate the power coming back on. It was so good that I have been searching for another bottle since. One of my neighbors brings up how good it was at least once every few months! Moral of the story; a little thoughtful research and a few key words to translate can really open the door to a treasure! This coming week we will be traveling up into the heart of the Douro DOC wine region. Let’s see what we find!