History of Portuguese wine much to spread viticulture and winemaking further north. Portuguese wines were first shipped to England in the 12th century from the Entre Douro e Minho region (which today includes modern Portuguese wine regions such as the douro and vinho verde). In 1386, Portugal and England signed the Treaty of Windsor which fostered close diplomatic relations between the two countries and opened the door for extensive trade opportunities. The 1703 Methuen Treaty furthered advanced English economic interest in Portugal by reducing tariffs and giving Portuguese wines preferential treatment in the British wine market over French wines. Around this time, the fortified
O Pão e o Vinho O Pão e o Vinho O Pão e o Vinho (English: Bread and Wine) is a 1981 Portuguese documentary feature film produced and directed by Ricardo Costa, his second docufiction after "Changing Tides" ("Mau Tempo, Marés e Mudança") – 1996/7. The third is "Mists" ("Brumas") - 2003. Like "Changing Tides", "Bread and Wine" may as well be classified as ethnofiction. "O Pão e o Vinho" is contemporary to the tetralogy "Homem Montanhês" (Mountain Man), a series of four documentary feature films that Ricardo Costa was shooting on the mountains in remote villages: "Castro Laboreiro (film)", "Pitões a village of Barroso",