The Duoro wine region, known mainly for its Port wine, is the world's oldest marked wine region. Founded in 1756, the Douro is the world's first demarcated wine region were the grapes are grown in the warm higher reaches of the river around Regua and Pinhao. Wine has been made in the Douro region for as long as 1’600 years, although Port as we know it goes back only two to three hundred years. The red varieties are the most common. The wine is produced in the beautiful landscape of the Douro Valley in Alto Douro region, a region that is now classified as World Heritage by UNESCO, and the wine is exported from the city of Porto, thus acquiring the name porto (or "port" in English-speaking countries). There are several varieties of port wine: some of the most popular are the tawny, white, ruby, and Late Bottled Vintage (L.B.V.). Today's Douro wines are favourite table wines with some traits that are reminiscent of a port wine.

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