
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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Silk and Spice Red Blend 2019Other Red Blends from Portugal
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Broadbent Madeira Colheita 1996Madeira from Madeira, Portugal
- RP
- WW
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Graham's Vintage Port 2016Port from Douro, Portugal
- JS
- D
- WS
- WE
- RP
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Broadbent Vinho VerdeOther White Blends from Vinho Verde, Portugal
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Fonseca Bin No. 27 PortPort from Portugal
- TP
- D
- WS
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Graham's Six Grapes Reserve PortPort from Douro, Portugal
- D
- W&S
- WW
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Broadbent Vinho Verde RoseRosé from Vinho Verde, Portugal
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Broadbent 10 Year Malmsey MadeiraMadeira from Madeira, Portugal
- RP
- WE
- WW
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Sandeman Founders Reserve Ruby PortPort from Portugal
- WW
- D
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Taylor Fladgate 10 Year Old TawnyPort from Portugal
- RP
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- WE
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Gazela Vinho VerdeOther White Blends from Vinho Verde, Portugal
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Ferreira Dona Antonia 20 Year Tawny PortPort from Portugal
- D
- WE
- WS
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Fonseca 20 Year Old TawnyPort from Portugal
- D
- WE
- WS
- W&S
- RP
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Sandeman 20 Year Old TawnyPort from Portugal
- WE
- D
- WS
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Croft Reserve Tawny PortoPort from Portugal
- TP
- WS
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Wine & Soul Quinta da Manoella 2017Other Red Blends from Douro, Portugal
- JS
- WS
- RP
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Graham's 10 Year Old Tawny PortPort from Douro, Portugal
- D
- JS
- WE
- WS
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Graham's Vintage Port (375ML half-bottle) 2016Port from Douro, Portugal
- JS
- WS
- D
- WE
- RP
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Sandeman 30 Year Old TawnyPort from Portugal
- WE
- D
- WS
- RP
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Ferreira White PortPort from Portugal
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Aveleda Vinho Verde 2019Other White Blends from Vinho Verde, Portugal
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Broadbent 10 Year Boal MadeiraMadeira from Madeira, Portugal
- WW
- RP
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Mapreco Vinho Verde Rose 2019Rosé from Vinho Verde, Portugal
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Broadbent Douro Red 2019Other Red Blends from Douro, Portugal
- WW
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Taylor Fladgate 30 Year Old TawnyPort from Portugal
- D
- WS
- V
- W&S
- RP