Best of Wine Tourism 2019 awards excellence of Portuguese Northern Wine growing region
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Miguel Nogueira
The House of Sandeman Hostel & Suites won the Best Accommodation in the latest edition of the Best of Wine Tourism, aimed at awarding enotourism excellence in different categories.
This is just another international recognition of the Porto and the wine-growing area of Douro excellency in the wine tourism sector.
The announcement was made during the prize giving ceremony held in Adelaide, Australia, on 9th November.
The Great Wine Capitals Global Network is an organisation that aggregates 10 cities and the corresponding wine-growing areas, considered the best in the world.
Besides Adelaide, host to the competition this year, the Great Wine Capitals comprises Bilbao (Spain), Bordeaux (France), Lausanne (Switzerland), Mainz (Germany), Mendoza (Argentina), Porto (Portugal), São Francisco (USA), Valparaíso (Chile) and Verona (Italy).
Porto is one of the founding members of this network.
Learn more about the awards here.