In the grandiose amphitheatre of the Douro Valley, classified World Heritage, man gave birth to Port wine and table wines of great quality. Port wine is the oldest ambassador for Portugal.

The Vinho Verde Route (literally, “green wine”) in the far northwest of Portugal leads us through a landscape that is also green, divided into small plots which occupy the whole Minho region and extend south to the river Vouga. V

Over the centuries many different peoples have occupied the land that is now Portugal, generating a meeting of many cultures and ways of living.

Benedetta imagined Portugal as a country facing out to sea, with a historical legacy imprinted on the stones and faces of the people.