You’d probably miss the estate of Quinta da Casa Amarela if you didn’t know it was there. Tucked back in a small valley that eventually winds its way down to the Douro River just 1.5km away, it seems like it’s on a different planet. I say this as despite the unseasonably hot day (even for July in the Douro) the estate was awash in vegetation and bore no semblance to the sharp terraced slopes that line the epic path of the Douro. It was a calm place and there waiting […]

