The monster is back: CASA DO DOURO re-established
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Christian Gollnick
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The monster is back: CASA DO DOURO re-established
Last week, the political left in Portugal passed the law to re-establish the CASA DO DOURO. A complete failure, full of scandals, it had been de-commissioned in 2014, with a debt of EUR 160 million. But now it is back. All wine growers in the Douro region have to register and pay their fees. As I see it, it's just another layer of bureaucracy and a lot of well-paid government jobs for political friends... and a headache for everybody in the Douro. Nobody in the Douro that I know wanted this - Lisbon forced this upon the Douro, and then the politicians still have the nerve to say that it is "a historic day for the Douro" (Carlos Matias). Well, the Douro survived Napoleon and the phylloxera - it will also survive this... :)
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Andy Velebil
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Re: The monster is back: CASA DO DOURO re-established
Wow!!
Andy Velebil Good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used. William Shakespeare http://www.fortheloveofport.com