Few countries of its size can boast the range of wine styles Portugal now produces.
They run from delicate, aromatic whites through to huge, gutsy reds, quite unapproachable
in their youth. Another of the country’s great strengths as a wine producer
is the large number of different grape varieties it boasts, many of which are
uniquely cultivated in this strip of the Iberian peninsula.
“Once they’ve tasted the velvety smoothness of the south they don’t go back to Dão” |