44 THE VINEYARDS OF THE WORLD. 



viticulture. Vines are grown and wines 

 are made in many parts of Portugal, but 

 the only wines which will bear exporting 

 are those grown in the immediate vicinity of 

 Lisbon and in the valley of the Douro. Some 

 200 years ago the wines of Lisbon were more 

 prized in London than those of Oporto, 

 whilst we received up to the middle of the 

 last century, a fairly large quantity of white 

 Lisbon wines, Collares, Bucellas and Car- 

 cavellos from Portugal. Our trade in wines 

 with Portugal is, however, now confined 

 almost entirely to those shipped from 

 Oporto, and the vineyards which produce 

 Port are really the only ones which need 

 arrest our attention. 



Port is the produce of certain vineyards 

 situated on the banks of the River Douro, 

 within a strictly limited area. The name 

 Port, therefore, has a well-defined geographi- 

 cal meaning, and does not only indicate the 



