
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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Quinta de la Rosa Tawny Port (500ML bottle)Port from Portugal
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Ferreira Dona Antonia 20 Year Tawny PortPort from Portugal
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Blandy's 10 Year Madeira Rich Malmsey (500ML)Madeira from Madeira, Portugal
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Herdade do Rocim Touriga Nacional 2018Touriga Nacional from Alentejo, Portugal
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Warre's Otima 10 Year Tawny Port (500ML)Port from Portugal
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- W&S
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Broadbent 10 Year Tawny PortPort from Douro, Portugal
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Broadbent White PortPort from Douro, Portugal
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Cockburn's 20 Year Old Tawny PortPort from Portugal
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- W&S
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Quinta de la Rosa 10 Year Tawny Port Tonel 12 (500ML)Port from Portugal
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Sandeman 20 Year Old TawnyPort from Portugal
- WE
- D
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Herdade do Rocim Amphora Tinto 2019Other Red Blends from Alentejo, Portugal
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Ferreira Dona Antonia Reserva White PortPort from Portugal
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Quinta de la Rosa Lot 601 Ruby (500ML bottle)Port from Portugal
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Mapreco Vinho Verde Rose 2020Rosé from Vinho Verde, Portugal
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Duorum Tons De Duorum White Blend 2019Other White Blends from Douro, Portugal
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Wine & Soul Quinta da Manoella 2017Other Red Blends from Douro, Portugal
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Quinta de Chocapalha Red 2015Other Red Blends from Portugal
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Broadbent Douro Red 2019Other Red Blends from Douro, Portugal
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Ferreira Dona Antonia 10 Year Tawny PortPort from Portugal
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- WE
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Aveleda Alvarinho 2019Albarino from Portugal
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Wine & Soul Pintas 2017Other Red Blends from Douro, Portugal
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- W&S
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Broadbent Douro Reserve Red 2018Other Red Blends from Douro, Portugal
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Foz De Arouce Tinto 2013Other Red Blends from Portugal
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Croft Reserve Ruby PortoPort from Portugal
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Quinta do Crasto Douro Red Reserva Old Vines 2016Other Red Blends from Portugal
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