Portugal Holidays » Douro http://www.portugalholidaystips.com Portugal Holiday Guide Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:22:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Portuguese Wine House is the best http://www.portugalholidaystips.com/2009/07/portuguese-wine-house-is-the-best/ http://www.portugalholidaystips.com/2009/07/portuguese-wine-house-is-the-best/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:22:53 +0000 admin http://www.portugalholidaystips.com/?p=107 Project of portuguese enotourism and rehabilitation wins international prize.

The Wine House, that was born inside the Pinhão train station (Douro) in June 2008, received the International Prize “Best of Wine Tourism 2009″, in the category of Arts and Culture, organized by the  Great Wine Capitals. The competition was contested by 384 candidates from the eight cities / regions winegrowers that constitute this organization: Porto, Bordeaux (France), Florence (Italy), Bilbao-Rioja (Spain), Mendoza (Argentina), Napa Valley (USA), Cape Town (South Africa) and Mainz (Germany).

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The main reason why this prize was assigned was the museum, built in three small houses in the mythical station, where they lived the handlers and the rail operators.

This award joins to the others already assigned for this organization to Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo (owner of the Wine House) in the categories of architecture, parks and gardens (in 2008) and accommodation (in 2007).

If you are looking for wine tourism for your holidays, Portugal has one of the best wine routes of the world. For more details, please visit the official website.

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