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Where Portugal is now – second edition

Arribas old vines in Tras os Montes

Another generous helping of delicious Portuguese wines.

It's only a few months since we published two tasting articles reviewing Where Portugal is now but I've been sent so many more samples to taste at home since then, mostly direct from the producers, that it seemed worth publishing this additional collection of notes.

There are plenty of familiar names here such as Niepoort in the Douro and beyond to Quinta da Chocapalha in the Lisbon region and Herdade dos Grous in the Alentejo but also some new producers or ones that were new to me. These included, roughly north to south,...