
Portuguese Wine
Learn about Portuguese wine, common tasting notes, where the region is and more ...
Best known for intense, impressive and age-worthy fortified wines, Portugal relies almost exclusively on its many indigenous grape varieties. Bordering Spain to its north and east, and the Atlantic Ocean on its west and south coasts, this is a land where tradition reigns supreme, due to its relative geographical and, for much of the 20th century, political isolation. A long and narrow but small country, Portugal claims considerable diversity in climate and wine styles, with milder weather in the north and significantly more rainfall near the coast.
While Port (named after its city of Oporto on the Atlantic Coast at the end of the Douro Valley), made Portugal famous, Portugal is also an excellent source of dry red and white wines of various styles.
The Douro Valley produces full-bodied and concentrated dry red wines made from the same set of grape varieties used for Port, which include Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz (Spain’s Tempranillo), Touriga Franca, Tinta Barroca and Tinto Cão, among a long list of others in minor proportions.
Other dry wines include the tart, slightly effervescent Vinho Verde white wine, made in the north, and the bright, elegant reds and whites of the Dão as well as the bold, and fruit-driven reds and whites of the southern, Alentejo.
The nation’s other important fortified wine, Madeira, is produced on the eponymous island off the North African coast.
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Broadbent Vinho VerdeOther White Blends from Vinho Verde, Portugal
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Fonseca 20 Year Old TawnyPort from Portugal
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- RP
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Graham's 20 Year Old Tawny PortPort from Douro, Portugal
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- JS
- W&S
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Graham's 30 Year Old Tawny PortPort from Douro, Portugal
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- RP
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Ferreira Dona Antonia 20 Year Tawny PortPort from Portugal
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Casa Ferreirinha Papa Figos Red 2019Other Red Blends from Portugal
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Graham's Vintage Port 2016Port from Douro, Portugal
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- D
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Mateus Dry Rose 2020Rosé from Portugal
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Broadbent 10 Year Sercial MadeiraMadeira from Madeira, Portugal
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Sandeman 20 Year Old TawnyPort from Portugal
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Broadbent 5 Year Madeira ReserveMadeira from Madeira, Portugal
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Taylor Fladgate 10 Year Old TawnyPort from Portugal
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Ferreira Vintage Port 2018Port from Douro, Portugal
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Dow's 40 Year Old Tawny PortPort from Portugal
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Graham's 40 Year Old Tawny PortPort from Douro, Portugal
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Graham's Six Grapes Reserve Ruby PortPort from Douro, Portugal
- D
- W&S
- WW
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Fonseca Bin No. 27 PortPort from Portugal
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- TP
- D
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Graham's 10 Year Old Tawny PortPort from Douro, Portugal
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- WE
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Dow's Fine Tawny PortPort from Portugal
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Croft Reserve Tawny PortoPort from Portugal
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Van Zellers & Co VZ 40 Years Old Tawny PortPort from Douro, Portugal
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- WE
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Quinta do Crasto Douro Red Reserva Old Vines 2016Other Red Blends from Portugal
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- JS
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Quinta de la Rosa Estate Red 2018Other Red Blends from Douro, Portugal
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Leacock's Rainwater MadeiraMadeira from Madeira, Portugal
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Ramos Pinto 30 Year TawnyPort from Portugal
- WE
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