One of the four traditional types of fortified wine was nearly killed off by 20th Century urban development. Meet the man bringing it back from the dead.
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00:00With the war, and after that with the colonial war in Lisbon, and with the urban development
00:19between Lisbon and Cascais, this wine and this wine region almost got forgotten for
00:27more than this generation. That's a sin. We are producing wine for more than 2,000 years
00:33and 30 or 40 years, it was enough to wipe away an entire culture of winemaking in this region.
00:41Now we are exporting for 15 different countries, it's quite well, and we are growing in production
01:00but also growing with other producers. We are supporting other producers to show up,
01:07to use our facilities, our cellar, our winery, so they can bring the grapes and they can
01:14produce their wine.
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