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MEDITERRANEAN WINE ORIGIN

The first vine and wine knowledge and technology migration.

C. 6 000 B. C.

The beginning of the wine production and the wild grapevine domestication.

C. 6 000 B. C.

Vitis vinifera var. sylvestris existence in Portugal

8th B.C.

Wine and serving sets arrived in the Iberian Peninsula, brought by the Phoenicians and the Greeks.

Before THE WINE IN THE DÃO REGION

The adventure of winemaking.

2nd B.C.

The expansion of viticulture and the beginning of vinification to the Massif Central south.

2nd A.D.

Expansion of the vineyard and vinification north of Massif Central.

5th A.D.

The fall of the west Roman Empire and the invasions of the "barbarians".

711

Beginning of the Muslim invasion and their presence in the current Portuguese territory.

722

Beginning of the "Reconquest": sword, cross and wine.

12th A.D.

The arrival of the Cistercians and the wine production growth.

12th A.D.

The red and the white wine.

THE HISTORY OF WINE
IN THE DÃO REGION

From the velvety and full-bodied to the soft and fresh wines.