Taylor's Port

This guide to Taylor's Port in Porto opens on the Douro docks in March 1809, as Napoleon's army closes in on the city and an American manager named Joseph Camo, running the port house that would become Taylor's while its owners are away, weighs what to do with six hundred and thirty-two barrels of aging wine. It traces the firm's unbroken run across three centuries under the same family, and a 1970 moment in these very cellars that changed how port is served. Listen for the sense of urgency on the docks before you step into the cellar itself.