Sweet variant of the Portuguese wine Vinho Verde; see there.
The Portuguese DOC area for red and white wines was already defined by law in 1908. The huge area covers 60,000 hectares of vineyards in the districts of Braga, Porto and Viana do Castelo. It stretches 130 kilometres long and 70 kilometres wide in the northwest of Portugal between the Douro River and the Minho River, which forms the border with Spain. The entire area is also classified as an IGP area Minho for country wines. The cool and, with an average of 2000 mm of rainfall per year, very rainy climate is very much influenced by the nearby Atlantic Ocean. The area is divided into the six subzones Amarante, Basto, Braga, Lima, Moncáo (considered the best) and Penafiel, which differ in the grape varieties grown. However, the subzone is usually not indicated on the bottle label. The vines are trained in a foliage system similar to the pergola. Around a quarter of Portuguese wine is produced here. However, about 60% is produced...
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