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Roughly 20,000 winegrowers operate along the banks of the River Douro.
Photo: MIGUEL RIOPA / AFP
Source: AFP
Jose Manuel Ferreira should have already started harvesting grapes on his century-old vineyard in northern Portugal — instead he is still looking for a buyer for his crop.
“I used to sell my grapes to a cooperative, but this year they refused me,” the 74-year-old told AFP in Sao Joao da Pesqueira, in the heart of the Douro wine region.
“We feel abandoned. It’s revolting,” he said.
His plight is repeated across the Douro Valley, known for its endless swathes of vineyards…
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