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A day without wine is like a day without sunshine, or so the saying goes. While Been there would never endorse binge drinking, we're certainly partial to the odd glass of something fizzy, fruity, sweet or dry. Plus, we're a travel site and wine tourism has certainly caught on in a way that beer never has. So uncork, sit back and send us your wine tips - where to buy it, where to see it made and, of course, where to drink it.

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Quinta da Veiga Guesthouse

Posted by gryphon2 28 May 2009

You are sitting by an old winery, now an eight-room guesthouse, glass of wine or port in hand, watching the setting sun gild the surrounding vineyards whose grapes produced the wine you're drinking. You are in the Upper Douro World Heritage Site in northern Portugal, looking down on the mirror-like water of the Rio Douro (the "river of gold"). Does life get any better than this?

Website (in Portuguese only at the moment) www.veigamouras.com, nearest place Ferrão, nearest station Pinhão, nearest big town Vila Real.