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ortuguese wine is part of the ancient traditions introduced to the region by ancient civilizations such as the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Greeks, and mostly the Romans.
It started to export its wines to Rome during the Roman Empire. Modern exports developed with trade to England after a treaty in 1703.

Portugal has the oldest appellation system in the world, the Douro Valley. This region and Vinho Verde region, in the Northwest produces some of the world's finest, unique and highest value-added wines. Alentejo and Dão regions produces fruitful flavour wines, suitable for a casual wine drinker.

Portugal has two wine producing regions protected by UNESCO as World Heritage: the Douro Valley Wine Region (Douro Vinhateiro) and Pico Island Wine Region (Ilha do Pico Vinhateira).

Portugal has a large variety of native breeds (about 500), producing a very wide variety of different wines with distinctive personality. The Oxford Companion to Wine describes the country as having "a treasure trove of indigenous grape varieties." With the quality and uniqueness of its wines, the country is a sizable and growing player in wine production, being in the top 10, with 4% of the world market (2003). The country is considered a traditional wine grower with 8% of its continental land dedicated to vineyards. Only the highest mountain peaks are unable to support viticulture. Portugal produces some of the world's best wines, as reflected in its success in international competitions.

The type of grapes (castas) is as important as the type of soil and climate, creating the different Portuguese wine breeds, the Castas - grape varieties.
It produces distinctive wines from the Northern regions to Madeira Islands, passing by the Algarve and the Azores.

The particular breed of wines makes Portugal a country with distinctive personality in terms of wine growing. But this distinctiveness brings more difficulties than advantages, due that it would be easier to produce international wine varieties.



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Azul Portugal Alentejo Reserva Azul Portugal Alentejo Reserva

Type: Red Wine

Year: 2013

Producer: Lua Cheia - Saven

Vinification: Destemming and crushing; fermentation with use of selected yeasts, control temperature and slight remontage. Post fermentation maceration for approximately 3 weeks

 
Album Reserva Album Reserva

Type: Red Wine

Year: 2018

Producer: Lua Cheia - Saven

Vinification: Destemming and crushing; fermentation with use of selected yeasts, control temperature and slight remontage. Post fermentation maceration for approximately 3 weeks

Album Tinto Album Tinto

Type: Red Wine

Year: 2018

Producer: Lua Cheia - Saven

Vinification: Destemming and crushing; 12-hour pre-fermentation maceration at 34ºC to take advantage of the natural endogenous enzymes; inoculation with selected yeasts; fermentation for a minimum period of 10 days at 22º-24ºC

 
Azul Portugal Alentejo Azul Portugal Alentejo

Type: Red Wine

Year: 2018

Producer: Lua Cheia - Saven

Vinification: Destemming and crushing; 12-hour pre-fermentation maceration at 34ºC to take advantage of the natural endogenous enzymes; inoculation with selected yeasts; fermentation for a minimum period of 10 days at 22º-24ºC






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