Pinhao & Favaios

At 2:30pm we docked in Pinhoa and were bused to Favaios, a village of 1500 people all growing  grapes to produce Moscatel. Each year they produce 30 million bottles and 90% are sold in Portugual. Moscatel grapes must be grown at 600 meters above the river, they require rocky soil, and hot temperatures, it gets to 51 degrees Celsius in the summer.  All the vineyards are neatly terraced along the mountainside. Again we travelled on the steep windy, single lane mountain road to reach Favaios. Thank goodness, Carlos, our bus drive is an excellent driver!!