Portuguese Terroirs
Portuguese Wine Guide
Port wine. Douro Wine Region
The
Terroirs of Portuguese wines are 14 in number, namely:
Vinhos Verdes, Trás-os-Montes, Douro,
Távora-Varosa, Dão, Bairrada, Beira Interior, Lisboa, Tejo, Península de Setúbal, Alentejo, Algarve, Madeira and Azores.
Good to know: 11th World Producer
For a small country like Portugal, these soils extend from north to south and cover an area of
199 thousand ha.
Portugal has the fourth largest wine production area in Europe. Which makes Portugal the 11th.
world producer of wines, with
6.7 million hectoliters. This shows the economic importance of this activity for
the country.
Reguengos de Monsaraz, Alentejo © GEP
In the north of the country
The soils of the north of the country:
- Green Wines (Vinhos Verdes), in Minho
- Trás-os-Montes
- Porto
- Douro
In the center of the country
The terroirs of the center of the country:
- Bairrada, in the District of Coimbra
- Távora - Varosa, in the Beira Alta
- Beira Interior, in the Beira Baixa
- Tejo, in the Tagus Valley
- Lisbon
In the south of the country
- Península de Setúbal
- Alentejo
- Algarve
In the Islands
In the Archipelagos of