I love Portuguese wines, red and white. The Vinho Verdes are excellent, fun, simple summer wines, but there is a growing niche of higher end VVs that are year round table wines, crisp, clean, fruity, good food wines. Sogrape's "Duque de Viseu" Vinho Verde is one I like a lot. Any wine labeled "Alvarinho" is also a high end white from just across the river from Spain's Rias Baixas region and uses the same grape, Albarino in Spanish.
Reds from Dao and Alentejo are nice everyday wines for food. The reds from Douro tend to be oaky and big and expensive, Parker style wines, although there are always exceptions.
The best thing to do is just go grab a few of this and that and check them out. The Grao Vasco White Dao is always a nice bargain.
Edited by Dave Cuneo (03-26-2012 16:31:16)
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