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Simplesmente ... Vinho – part 2, southern Portugal

Alfandêga Porto

Part 2 of my report from Porto on an exciting tasting of wines made by winegrowers with strong convictions, most of them working at a small scale but with a big vision. See part 1 for producers in the northern half of the country. The venue for the tasting, the old customs house on the quayside, is pictured above (courtesy of Simplesmente … Vinho).

The 56 wines below are grouped according to the main wine regions of southern Portugal, north to south, as follows:

Within each region the producers are in alphabetical order. Each producer’s wines...