Douro Acima

Going off for a discovery of the river Douro, a young press reporter in search of its valley's history meets the people, the men and women who have for generations built up the prodigious history of this magic country. Travelling upwards the river at the grapes harvesting season, this is the time when the whole valley and the surrounding mountains are at their utmost activity. A world of its own where past and future are closely entangled, where highly priced wines are still foot pressed in the most ancient traditions when the most sophisticated modern wine production techniques are applied in the next estate. Leaving the old city of Porto, discovering the valley at the river's pace, going deeper and deeper every day in the wildness and diversity of this nevertheless cultivated country. At the encounter of the majestuous river, the large vine estates clinging to the moutain sides the little villages lost in the wild and rugged mountains.