Minho Wines

Land of Vinho Verde

Minho - historical province of Portugal, whose name originates from the Rio Minho, Spanish river (in Spanish, Miño) born in the Serra de Meira, in Lugo, in Galicia. Of its 340 km length, only the last 75 km are shared with Portugal, serving as a natural border with Galicia (Spain), from the municipality of Melgaço to its mouth, in Caminha (on the Portuguese side) and A Guarda (Spanish side).

Land of the typical Vinho Verde

The lands of Minho occupy an area of 4,838 km². Of this territory, Vinho Verde (Green Wine) vines occupy an area of 34,000 hectares.





Of course, these days, these episodes are part of folklore, as the vineyards occupy vast areas of agricultural land in the Minho region. side of other traditional cultures, such as corn and other cereals, in addition to animal husbandry (the famous barrosian cattle, pigs and chickens, to name only the main ones). But the fact is that, for decades, the green wine was the most representative of all wines from Portugal.

Vineyards of Minho

vineyards are almost always present, especially in the western part of the Minho landscape. As the author quoted above so well described, the "vides they lurch through the trees, falling in festoons and sometimes forming graceful garlands of greenery from tree to tree. the show is so attractive in summer as in winter, when the trees stand out clearly in the countryside, soft and clean.” It is these landscapes that we dazzle when we leave by the small roads of Minho and come across a village or small town where we corroborate this description.

Vineyards of the Vinhos Verdes

The verdant vineyards in the production area of ​​Vinhos Verdes and Vinho Regional Minho they comprise 48 municipalities (municipalities) in the north of Portugal, between the Minho and Douro rivers. The planted area of ​​vines is 27,432 ha. More: Vineyards of Vinho Verde

DOC Vinho Verde area

The wine production area of ​​DOC Vinho Verde - which is also the same as that of Vinho Regional Minho - comprises the 9 following sub-regions: "Amarante", "Ave", "Baião", "Basto", "Cávado", "Lima", "Monção", "Paiva" and "Sousa".





Main Green Wine Producers...