Ribeira da Janela
Terraced north-coast valley of vines and potatoes, named for a sea stack pierced by a window.
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This guide to Ribeira da Janela, on the north coast of Madeira, follows the grapes grown on the terraces above the river mouth, and one Verdelho harvest in particular, trodden by foot in nineteen eighty-one for the wine house Barbeito. It touches the old footpath villagers climbed toward the south coast with barrels on their backs, and the valley's tradition of barrel-making. Best heard at the river mouth, facing the vine terraces.
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