French, Italian and Spanish are arguably the most famous of European wines, while South American, Australian and New Zealand often get the glory further afield. But as British tastes become more ...

Silk & Spice, the award-winning Portuguese red blend, is now available in over 300 Waitrose stores. Produced by one of ...

Red wines tend to be a little stronger than other ... They are all made with indigenous Portuguese grapes. All of the grapes ...

Portugal has at least 250 indigenous grape varieties, more than any other country. » Vinho Verde translates to “green wine” or, more precisely, “young wine.” Dominic McLaughlin ...

The influx of American travelers to Portugal is well-documented, and visitors are smitten with this country for good reason. Between the gorgeous scenery and sunny weather, the lower cost of ...

Home to the world’s first legally demarcated wine growing region and dozens of distinctive grape varieties, Portugal is a wine connoisseur’s Eden. From the vertigo-inducing Douro Valley to the ...

According to legend, when 15th-century Portuguese explorers happened upon ... “Eventually they realized it was heat.” Wine grapes flourish in Madeira’s volcanic soil.

Douro in Portugal, Barossa in Australia, Napa or Sonoma in California. Experts in a specific locale can name the hillside—even how far up the hill—where a wine's grapes were grown because of ...

For centuries, Portugal’s best recognized wine region was the Douro where producers made a fortified wine called Port or Porto. Grapes used for this fortified wine are the fragrant Touriga ...

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