Portugal

Portugal has a long tradition in winemaking; in fact the history producing wine in this country comes from much earlier than the foundation of its Nationality. Portuguese wine comes from vineyards that are planted from the northern to the southern Portuguese regions. Although Portugal is a small country has a great variety of soils and climate as well as Portuguese wine varietals allowing a great diversity of Portuguese wines. In addition, there are several methods of winemaking which have obvious reflex in the wine produced. Portugal is amongst the largest wine producers in the world, had ranked 10th in 2004. Portuguese wines include Port wine, Madeira wine, red wines, white wines, “vinho verde” and moscatel de Setubal.