Portuguese Wine Heritage and Tourism

Code:

VIT4023

Acronym:

VIT4023

Level:

400

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Tourism

Instance: 2020/2021 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Plannings
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Wine, Tourism and Innovation

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
WINTOUR	25	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2020.	2	-	3	24	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

It is important for the formation of students the existence of multiple knowledge, a multidisciplinary perspective and within the wine areas in Portugal, is the objective of this course:

-Search and interpret the various sectoral information sources, to study the main indicators of wine spaces today, with particular emphasis on the tourist industry, its strategies and impacts

- Grasp the dynamic character of these spaces, without ignoring the diversity of components such as architectural and cultural heritage, central to its development.

-refletir on the diversity of stakeholders in tourism development agents

- Reflect on the importance of the wine routes, gastronomy, handicrafts and other potentiating tourism components

 - Critical analysis team, examples of wine tourism, perspetivando develop skills leading to the definition of sustainable tourism and innovative intervention strategies.

Learning outcomes and competences

Research and interpret the various sources of sectorial information, in order to study the main indicators of wine-growing spaces today, with particular emphasis on the tourism aspect, its strategies and impacts

- To understand the dynamic character of these spaces, without ignoring the diversity of components such as the architectural and cultural heritage, central to their development.

- Reflect on the diversity of agents involved in tourism development

- Reflect on the importance of gastronomy, handicrafts and other components that enhance tourism

-Critical analysis of wine tourism examples, aiming to develop skills aimed at defining sustainable and innovative tourism intervention strategies.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1-      Brief Introduction of Winegrowing regions in Portugal

1.1- The history of vine and wine

1.2-The importance of physical framing in landscape diversity and in the specificities of wine production

1.3- Some notes of social, economic  and cultural background

1.4- Wine and gastronomy

1.5- Wine and innovation

1.6- Official local / regional coordination structures and wine tourism

1.7- Regional development strategies: the importance of tourism

2-      The Portuguese Wine Regions and Tourism: some exemples

2.1- Vinhos Verdes Region: a space with an exceptional history, cultural and architectural heritage

2.2- Douro Demarcated Region: the existence of a vast , distinctive  and  diversified heritage

2.3- The Dão/Lafões Region (DOC): its viticulture and the importance of its heritage (material and immaterial)

2.4- Bairrada and Beira Interior Regions: their wines and heritage

2.5-  Alentejo, Algarve, Azores and Madeira Regions: the importance of tourism in its  development and revitalization

3-      The diversity of wine farms and wine tourism: a structuring axis for regional and national development.

Mandatory literature

PINA, H.; QUEIROZ, J.; Rural Turism and the development of the Douro Demarcated Region (NE Portugal): a strategy to promote,, CERVIM, 2017., 2017. ISBN: ISBN: 9788890233036
PINA, H.; TEIXEIRA, P; Le territoire, l’innovation et la tradition, triptyque essentiel pour le développement de la région du Douro, PRESSES UNIVERSITAIRES DU MIDI, Toulouse, 2017, 2017
EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY; Europe's environment - the fourth assessment,, EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY, 2017
PINA, H.; The Douro and Lima Valleys (northern Portugal): two distinct territorial units, two superb examples of heritage, two different sustainable development strategies., Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen, “Bishop Constantin Preslavsky” University Publishing House, 2015., 2015. ISBN: ISBN: 978-619-201-012-6
PINA, H.; Intangible cultural heritage and sustainable development in the Douro Demarcated Region (Northern Portugal): the cases of Cambres and Parada do Bispo, “Espaço e Economia”, Ano III, vol. 7 Julho/Dezembro 2015, 2015. ISBN: ISBN: 2317-7837
PINA, H.; What kind of tourism to privilege the development of Douro Region, wolrd heritage?, The multi-functionality of the Douro landscapes, one of the strategies for its sustainability, 2009
PINA, H.; The Douro Demarcated Region: evolving, living landscape,, Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems, IGU, FCSH, UC, UM, UP, 2015, 2015
PINA, H.; The rural areas in NW Portugal: some strategies for their revitalization, 2011
PINA, H.; Quality tourism and its impact on the sustainability of Rural Areas - the case od Aquapura Douro Valley (Lamego, Northen Portugal),, Horizons in Geography Vol. 81-82 p. 51-68, 2012
PINA, H.; Land Use Structures in the Demarcated Douro Region: overarching trends in the last few decades., Whitaker Institute, CSRS, Galway, 2013
CARDOSO, A.; Vinhos verdes.. ISBN: ISBN: 978-972-8846-57-2
CARDOSO, A.; SILVA, F.; Porto, Civilização Editora, 2007
CARDOSO, A.; Douro – Une Démarcation Pionnier, Jounal of Viticulture and Enology, GIESCO, 2013, 2013
CARDOSO, A.; Cister nas Quintas Históricas do Douro Vinhateiro, Câmara Municipal de Alcobaça, 2012
CARDOSO, A.; Estrangeiros, Vinhos de Viana e Vinhos do Porto (séulos XVII-XVIII), , Estrangeiros, Vinhos de Viana e Vinhos do Porto (séulos XVII-XVIII), , 2018. ISBN: (ISSN: 0719-4994):
CARDOSO, A.; Les marqueurs de l'émergence de la qualité à Porto,, Université de Bordeaux Segalen, ISVV-Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin de Bordeaux, 2012
PEREIRA, A.; Viana do Lima, porta para o mundo.. ISBN: ISBN: 978-972-588-256-6
CARDOSO, A.; Turismo em regiões vinhateiras – algumas reflexões, Município dos Arcos de Valdevez, 2012

Teaching methods and learning activities

The selected teaching methodologies are diversified, adapted to the theme to the students' training needs. The theoretical-practical component to which tutorial support and fieldwork are added predominates. In the theoretical component, the contents will be taught, predominantly the expository component, with intervention of the institutions responsible for the tourism sector, in a context where students' participation / responsibility through reflections on theoretical contents is central. In the more practical classes they dominate participative methodologies with the use of discussion and oriented reflection and to the information systems of technological base.

The students elaborate a work, exploring the tourism in the viticultural spaces, relying on empirical work / research under tutorial orientation.

The evaluation is distributed without final exam: written work (65%); oral presentation and discussion of the work (20%); field work (10%); class participation (5%).

Software

Microsoft office Power Point
Microsoft office Excel
Microsoft office Word

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	5,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	20,00
Trabalho de campo	10,00
Trabalho escrito	65,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	4,00
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	25,00
Frequência das aulas	24,00
Trabalho de campo	15,00
Trabalho escrito	13,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

The evaluation is distributed without final exam: written work (65%); oral presentation and discussion of the work (20%); field work (10%); class participation (5%).

Calculation formula of final grade

The evaluation is distributed without final exam: written work (65%); oral presentation and discussion of the work (20%); field work (10%); class participation (5%).

Examinations or Special Assignments

Unforeseen.

Internship work/project

The students elaborate a work, exploring the tourism in the viticultural spaces, relying on empirical work / research under tutorial orientation.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to the legislation in force.

Classification improvement

According to the legislation in force.