APHVIN / GEHVID (Associação Portuguesa de História da Vinha e do Vinho / Grupo de Estudos de História da Viticultura e do Vinho do Porto)

For those looking for something more specific, related to the wines of the Douro region, we recommend APHVIN / GEHVID. It is an association that does research in the field of history, archaeology, heritage, museology, anthropology and other social sciences, related to wine from Opoto.

Fonte: http://contamaisconsultoria.wordpress.com/vinha/

Founded in 2006, it aims to develop and enhance research on the History of Vine and Wine. It begins its studies in the wine from the Douro region but expands to the general study of the practices and techniques of vine cultivation. In its activity, they collaborate with the Institute of Port, Douro’s region authorities, companies and institutions of national wine sector. The APHVIN / GEHVID helps graduate students and PhD students who share the same area of interest. This group makes conferences nationally and internationally and include the publication of a scientific journal called Douro: “Estudos e Documentos”.

Origins of Port Wine

The first demarcated wine region in Portugal was the Douro's region.

During the reign of D. José I, his minister Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, who would get known in history as the Marquês de Pombal, created the "Companhia Geral da Agricultura das Vinhas do Alto Douro", based in Oporto, with order to limit the influence of English in the trades of Douro Wine and resolve the crisis that the region lived.

Fonte: http://www.ateneulivros.com/website/?attachment_id=11602

Composed by the leading wine producers in the Alto Douro and the great merchants of Oporto, the Company should sustain the cultivation of vineyards and maintain their production in its original purity.

The first reference to Port Wine date 1678.