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Douro Region: The European Wine City 2023

20 July 2022

The Douro region was appointed, in Brussels, as the European Wine City 2023. This announcement comes at a time when Douro celebrates 20 years of its elevation to World Heritage and the expectation is to be able to "bring the world to Douro”.


Douro Valley could as easily be called enchanted valley such is the beauty and magic its landscape encloses. As European City of Wine 2023, the Douro Heritage of Humanity will be, according to the promoters of the candidacy, “a European reference in wine, vineyards, culture and the harmonious celebration of nature and secular work carried out by generations of Douro people”.


“All Around Wine, All Around Douro" was the slogan of the application submitted by the Intermunicipal Community of the Douro region (CIM Douro), which integrates the 19 municipalities of the region which is famous for its vineyards.

 

José Manuel Gonçalves, Mayor of Peso da Régua and proud presenter of the candidacy pointed out “it is a great and well-deserved prize for the region” and promised “there will be a diverse set of activities that will now be consolidated into more effective projects”, taking into account the local concern of “ensuring that future generations receive this Heritage of Humanity in conditions of sustainability, materializing the desire and the heartbeat of an entire region”.


The European Wine City is an annual competition launched by RECEVIN, in 2012, and aims to promote tourism and the dissemination of European wine-producing regions, with a rotating character between the various countries that are part of the network.

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