But there’s much more to Portugal, starting with the region that’s the biggest ... front or back yards for their personal wine production, or to grow grapes to sell to their neighbors or ...

By the Middle Ages, vineyards rippled across hillsides and riverbanks from Portugal to Hungary ... of the most hard-won wine regions in the world; its grapes could not grow until its rocky ...

Mauro Azóia started working as a winemaker in 2008 in his native city of Almeirim of the Tejo region – a key ... The largest wine-producing area of Portugal, Alentejo stretches south from ...

and the region became a demarcated wine-growing district in 1756, making it the oldest in Europe. To learn about port and Portuguese winemaking in general, start at the Museu do Douro in Peso da ...

including its distinctive past growing cork trees. Can’t catch a flight anytime soon? Just pick up one of these 15 bottles of Portuguese wine to enjoy at home. Just try your hardest not to spill it.

She was one of many who mentioned the Hollywood elite flocking to this region with 300 days of sunshine a year, a coast that forms a jagged smile along the Atlantic, and a burgeoning wine scene.