Portugal ( Wines )

Portuguese Wines

Famous for its Fortified Wines of Port & Madeira

Portugal has undergone something of a wine revolution in the past couple of decades, updating its winemaking technologies, styles and attitudes. This archetypal Old World country has long been famous its fortified wines (Port and Madeira) and tart, light Vinho Verde. But in the last decade or two it has garnered a great deal of attention for its new wave of rich, ripe, table wines, with reds from the Douro Valley particularly prominent.

Annual production has ranged between 600 and 670 million litres between 2016 and 2020. Over those years this has placed Portugal in 11th position in the world, while Italy and France have vied for top sport with figures between 4 to 5.5 billion litres. There are around 200,000 hectares of vineyards (nearly 500,000 acres).

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