Finding Wine Country in Central Portugal

In a region full of hilltop castle towns, touring palaces, and spa hotels, visiting this winery is an afternoon well spent
Finding Wine Country in Central Portugal
Tim Johnson
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There’s just something about long, sunny, summer afternoons surrounded by vines. The sense of nowhere to go and nothing to do. Except, of course, to sip some wine and have a good chat.

Today, it was a tasting—reds and a few whites, but not yet the bottles that were intentionally drowned in a lake.

Tim Johnson
Tim Johnson
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Toronto-based writer Tim Johnson is always traveling in search of the next great story. Having visited 140 countries across all seven continents, he’s tracked lions on foot in Botswana, dug for dinosaur bones in Mongolia, and walked among a half-million penguins on South Georgia Island. He contributes to some of North America’s largest publications, including CNN Travel, Bloomberg, and The Globe and Mail.
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