Colares
Wine village of ungrafted sand-planted vines, on the vintage tram line from the hills to the sea.
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This guide to Colares, in the countryside west of Sintra, follows two kinds of people who shared one valley in the early nineteen hundreds: the men who planted vines deep in loose Atlantic sand, and the Sunday crowds riding a brand-new tram to the beach. It touches the louse that ravaged Europe's vineyards and the village's brief turn as the end of the line. Best heard beside one of the low, straw-fenced vineyards.
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