Portwein Herstellung
Vila Nova de Gaia: Port wine lodges
Graham's Port Lodge
Entry to the lodge in Vila Nova de Gaia, built in 1890 and renovated in 2013.
Graham's Port Lodge: Balseiros
These wooden casks built to stand upright, typically sized to hold thousands or even tens of thousands of litres, are used for ageing wines to minimise the effects of wood and micro-oxygenation
Graham's Port Lodge: Balseiro
This is a cask for a port made of 6 different grape varieties
Graham's Port Lodge: Pipas
These wooden casks are used for ageing tawny ports. Until 1970 they were also used to ship ports in bulkfrom the vinyard to the lodge. The pipe is also a traditional unit of measure in the port trade, usually 550 litres.
Graham's Port Lodge: Pipe
The wine in this pipe has been harvested in 1935
Graham's Port Lodge: Pipa
Vila Nova de Guaia: Graham's Port Lodge
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Graham's Port Lodge: Tools
Graham's Port Lodge
Graham's Port Lodge
View from the lodge to the Douro river, the city of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia with the lodges of the port wine dealer