This infographic captures the spirit of the place of Douro Valley. It arises from the observational drawing of the vines, as the designer existential experience of place. It offers a detailed and illustrated description of the process of production of Port wine, from picking and treading of the grapes, to the aging of the different types. The visual metaphor of the vineyards thickening illustrates the aging of the grape varieties until it becomes an old strain. The different colors and the vine ramifications are developed in different types of Port wine.

José Miguel is a portuguese designer, is passionate about good food and good wines, also obsessed with drawing. Interested in drawing since an early age. His mother always told, he used to draw on the sheets of the bed. In his landscape drawing view e questions whether each place has a genius loci that demands for its own representation. A map “tailored to the body of places”.

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