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May/June 2008

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Portugal Photo Gallery
Photographs by Michael Melford

Photo: View at Casa do Visconde de Chanceleiros, Portugal

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patio showcases a grand view at Casa do Visconde de Chanceleiros, a converted wine estate that writer Rachel Howard says "bore the hallmark of its German owners, Kurt and Ursula Bocking: tennis and squash courts—and even a sauna in a giant wine barrel." The Bockings bought the quinta on a whim in the mid-1990s. "At Chanceleiros, it was easy to shut out the rest of the world," says Howard. "In the private dining room, the table was beautifully set for two. Candles, flowers, music—everything was in place for my friend Angelos's birthday banquet."

Read more about Portugal's Douro Valley in "A Walk on the Wine Side" in the May/June 2008 issue of National Geographic Traveler.

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