This wine region is loved by kosher cruises for a reason. Aside from the fact that it’s a famous wine region, there are probably other things you haven’t known about the Douro valley. It was established earlier than the Bordeaux wine regions. The discovery of carbonized grapes has been discovered in the Douro valley thousands of years earlier than the Bordeaux wine regions. People in this region are usually more adept in growing, fermenting and processing grapes for wine—making it the best source to get good wine. The Douro Has a Famous Historic Past For the locals, Douro was known to be dangerous in the past. Although it’s barely evident to see it as a treacherous river amidst the now calm and scenic river, it used to acquire treasonable rapids and rocky shallows and allegedly to have claimed many lives, especially of many dauntless sailors. The Wine Port Was Discovered by Accident During the 1600s, when the British declared war on France, they coincidentally realized that the source of their wine had dried up -- which led them to turn to their ally, the Portuguese, to solve their loss and shortage of wine. When the British found the country’s abundance, they established and built a port to preserve the wine on its journey to England, which, until now is an existent port industry for commercial uses. The Odd Life of ‘Wine Slaves’ In old wineries, there’s an apparent appearance of absurd holes. Why is this? Back in the days, slaves were hired to tread grapes through the night and were not given permission to stop - no matter the circumstance. That being said, they’re not even allowed to stop to address the call of nature. So apparently, the holes were made to appeal their pressing need to go to the restroom. You may not look at holes the same way ever again -- but for their ancestors, it was them being ‘innovative’. Traveling can stimulate you to learn new things. It’s a gateway to creativity, expressiveness, and innovation. Knowing these things alone may be funny, absurd or new to an adventurer and it’s amazing how these facts work at the back of the adventurer’s mind. It can also drive you back to your past to see how things were before you set your feet to the ground, making you aware of the good things you may implement to the present and how the bad things were alleviated in the region’s past. It doesn’t stop here! Discover yourself and learn new things as you cruise through the Douro river. Kosher River Cruises provide Jewish heritage tours of a lifetime — a vacation definitely worth every penny.
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