This section is from the book "Drinks Of The World", by James Mew. Also available from Amazon: Drinks of the world,.
Some of the best wines are produced by Estrema dura, such as Bucellas, Collares, Lavradio, Chamusca, Carcavellos, Barra a Barra, and many others of which not even the names are known in England. The vines round Torres Vedras might, it has been said, produce the finest wines in the world; if properly cultivated. Arinto and Estremadura are comparatively new wines. The white wines of Tojal and the vin-tages of Palmella and Inglezinhos have only to be known to become popular. The province of Traz os-montes, in spite of its climate of nove mizes de inverno, e tres de inferno, produces excellent wines in the Piaz Vinhateiro. Those in the vicinity of the river Tua and the Sabor are considered by connoisseurs to resemble the celebrated Clos Vougeot. There is a remarkable red wine called Cornifesto, and the white wines of Arêas, Bragança, Moraes, Moncorvo, and Nosedo are excellent. The cup of Charncco (2 H en. VI. ii. 3), a wine mentioned by Beaumont and Fletcher and Decker, is said to have been made at Charneco, a village near Lisbon (European Magazine, March, 1794).
Port-wine is accredited with producing gout, and the two accompanying illustrations give the "Introduction to the Gout," and the real fiend itself.
 
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