sexta-feira, 8 de janeiro de 2010

Children's and Teen's

The example of what happens in other Municipal Museum, will also have available the educational service that allows, through appointments, visiting this area together with professionals, with programs aimed at specific audiences, counting also on the trail, in the presence two fictional characters - Pipa Pipas and Sara, who along the way museum, will host the younger visitors.

- My bottle is prettier than yours ... painted, cutting and pasting we decorate our bottles, making them attractive for us to market our wine.
- Our Museum
- As we saw the Museum of the Port? Their forms, their parts ... This is a visit to the Museum of Port then the implementation of the layout of the museum with recycled materials.
- For the Gold Baron Pedipapper to be held in the Museum of Port Wine, and as a starting point the legend of the Baron of Forrester. Through various clues and tasks, the sailors will find the lost gold.
- Come browse the Museum Workshop building boat Rabelo. After a visit around the transport of Port wine, we invited the participants to build your own boat.
- Label the bottle
Workshop building labels. After observation of different types of labels available in bottles of port wine exhibited in the museum, calls to each participant of the activity that creates its own label.
- Puzzle Giant
Activity and game that culminates with the construction of a giant puzzle;
- Descent Rabelo boat- Game in order to go through the Douro River, between Spain and the City of Porto;
- History of Grape Owner - time of the story with giant book;
- Rima and makes the rhyme - Workshop on development of rhymes, which is based on the traditional singing of the vintage. For teams to recreate the songs giving them new forms and languages.
- Animals Bordering the Douro; which gives exposure to know the fauna of the region.

Types of Port Wine

Port Wine is a fortified wine, as defined in EU legislation. It is produced in the Demarcated Region of the Douro under very specific conditions resulting from natural and human factors. The winemaking procedures, based on traditional methods, include stopping the fermentation of the must by adding grape brandy (benefício), making up lots of wine and ageing the wine.

Port Wine stands out from ordinary wines due to its unique characteristics: an enormous variety of types that surprise us with the wealth and intensity of their incomparable aromas, a highly persistent aroma and flavour, a high alcohol content (usually between 19 and 22% vol.), a vast range of degrees of sweetness and a assortment of colours. There is a set of categories that identify the different types of Port Wine.
The different types of red Port vary in colour from deep purple to light gold, with a range of intermediary hues (tawny, golden tawny, golden and light gold).

Presentation

The Port Wine Museum is located in an 18th century warehouse where the wines of Companhia Geral da Agricultura das Vinhas do Alto Douro were once stored. This Museum aims to be an information centre about the Port wine, motivating visitors to discover the commercial history of the city relating it to this worldwide famous wine.