{"id":15288,"date":"2018-03-20T13:17:15","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T18:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=15288"},"modified":"2018-03-20T13:17:15","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T18:17:15","slug":"5th-day-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/20\/5th-day-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"5th Day: Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On our 5th day in Portugal, we visited the Amorim Cork Factory. The company purchases the cork from cork tree growers. At this location the Amorim factory receives the stacked layers of cork and begins boiling the cork and checking the cork for defects. At another Amorim location the cork begins its formation into bottle corks, insulation, soles for shoes and many more products.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15269\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15269\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-15269\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Amorim1DSC_5086-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amorim Cork<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15298\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15298\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-15298\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Amorimcork2IMG_4219-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amorim Cork<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15297\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15297\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-15297\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Amorimcokr3IMG_4222-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amorim Cork<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our next stop was Plansel winery and garden center. We met Jorge B\u00f6hm and quickly realized his passions of grapevines\/olive trees, art and wine. Our group was treated to a delightful lunch in his private art collection room.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15304\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15304\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-15304\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Plansel1IMG_4233-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plansel winery<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15302\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15302\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-15302\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Plansel3DSC_5111-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plansel<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15303\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15303\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-15303\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Plansel2DSC_5087-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plansel Vineyards<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reguengos de Monsaraz is a delightfully unique and historic village set atop a high hill with views of the countryside. One guide told us that the village has approximately 50 residents who are located in the village below and the castle above. It was a wonderful stop for our group to make. A few minutes later we stopped to view a monolith.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15296\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15296\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-15296\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Reguengos-de-Monsaraz1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15296\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reguengos de Monsaraz<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15295\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15295\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-15295\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Reguengos-de-Monsaraz2DSC_5138-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15295\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reguengos de Monsaraz<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15293\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15293\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-15293\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Monolith1DSC_5157-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15293\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monolith<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jose de Sousa winery emphasizes producing wines in large clay pots which are housed on top of the ground and located in the wine cellar. Notice the curved arches which add a lovely ambiance to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15290\" style=\"width: 112px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15290\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-15290\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/JosedeSousa3IMG_7344-102x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"102\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jos\u00e9 de Sousa winery<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15291\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15291\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-15291\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Josedesousa2IMG_4319-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jos\u00e9 de Sousa winery<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15292\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15292\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-15292\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/JosedeSousa1IMG_4315-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jos\u00e9 de Sousa clay pots<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We stayed overnight at Convento do Espinheiro. This building was once a convent and has been renovated to accommodate visitors. Guest rooms are large and the curved arches in the dining area, where we enjoyed breakfast, were elegant.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15301\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15301\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-15301\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Convent1DSC_5163-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Convent<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15300\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15300\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-15300\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Convent2IMG_7357-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Convent dining area<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15299\" style=\"width: 132px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15299\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-15299\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Convent3IMG_7368-122x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Convent<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Watch for our future Wine Trail Traveler articles about these Portuguese locations.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<br \/>\nKathy<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"5th Day: Portugal\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=15288\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wine journey through Portugal offers many unique experiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[66,1400,88,98,3759],"class_list":["post-15288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-newscommentary","tag-portugal","tag-tourism","tag-travel","tag-wine","tag-wineries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15288"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15310,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15288\/revisions\/15310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}