Ep 142: Portugal

Wine for Normal People

Alcohol, Lifestyle, Arts, Education, Food, Wine, Dining, Grapes

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2015

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Portugal has a rich winemaking tradition, a long history with wine, and lots of great wine regions. With a ton of indigenous grapes and a variety of climates across regions, it's a fascinating wine powerhouse and it's on the rise!

We discuss the 4000 year history of winemaking in Portugal
We talk about the challenges Portugal has had in recent decades and how its winemaking is getting back on track
We talk grapes and how most of them are native to Portugal
We discuss the classification system: Vinho de Mesa, Vinho Regional, Indicação de Proveniência Regulamenta (IPR), Denominação de Origem Controlada
And then we hit the regions:
- Vinho Verde
- Tras Os Montes
- Douro
- Dão
- Bairrada
- Beira
- Do Tejo
- Alentejo
- Lisboa
- Península de Setúbal
- Algarve
- Madeira

Portugal is a fascinating place. It's a lot to digest because the grapes, region, and language are unfamiliar to many of us but the wine is worth seeking out. It's only getting better!

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0:42.0	So once again, we find ourselves in the position. I'm MC Ice, just a wine-loving normal person.
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