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Portuguese Wine Terroir
Beverage Terroir Canon
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Alentejano wine: the warm plains white and red
The Alentejo region produces approximately 40% of Portugal's wine on land that covers 30% of the cou…
Alentejo, Portugal
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Dão wine: Portugal's granite terroir
The Dão region — surrounded by mountain ranges that protect it from Atlantic humidity and oceanic in…
Dão, Portugal
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Douro wine: terraced schist viticulture
The Douro Valley — carved by the Douro river through 100 million-year-old schist and granite — produ…
Douro Valley, Portugal
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Pico Verdelho: volcanic island wine
The wine of Pico Island in the Azores — grown in a UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape of black…
Pico Island, Azores, Port