The Port lodges of Vila Nova de Gaia, across the Douro from Porto, where houses like Taylor’s have aged their wine for centuries. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 6 min readThe Dão is often called Portugal’s Burgundy. Ringed by mountains and planted on […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 8 min readPortugal is small, roughly the size of Indiana, yet it holds one of […]
The terraced vineyards of the Douro Valley, where dozens of native Portuguese grapes grow side by side. Rosino, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia CommonsBy the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked […]
Discover Bairrada and the icon grape Baga It is impossible to talk about the history of the Baga grape without mentioning the history of its region of origin in Bairrada. Bairrada Bairrada is one […]
For three centuries the steep, schist-terraced Douro made one thing supremely well — Port. Barca Velha set out to prove it could make a great dry red too. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 6 min readTouriga Nacional is widely held to be Portugal’s finest red grape. It is […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 7 min readPort is a sweet, strong, fortified wine from Portugal’s Douro Valley. It is […]
Tejo The Origin of Portuguese Wine The Tejo River plays an enormously important role in the Portuguese wine scene – it was on the banks of this river that the Tartessos first cultivated vines […]
The Best Portuguese Wine Regions If you've ever ordered the house wine at a Lisbon restaurant, chances are it was Tejo. Located outside of the capital, the region is known for crisp, fruity white […]
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