Wine with Leslie: Things have changed for wine in Portugal's Dão region

"Dão has come a long way with lots of new wineries and investment. I visited M.O.B. wines, imported by Michael O’Brien of Grace Campbell wines (his initials a pleasing coincidence)."

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I’ve always felt Ireland and Portugal have an affinity, two small countries often overshadowed by their larger neighbour. 

My son has just spent six months studying in Coimbra university, one of Europe’s oldest, founded in 1290.