http://www.BKWineTours.com *Come on a Wine & Food Tour with BKWine* --- Interview with Sarah Ahmed, The Wine Detective, on why wines from Portugal are so exciting.
If you are a wine lover you can not help being exited about Portugal and Portuguese wines. The country has a treasure trove of native grape varieties in the vineyards in all the wine regions.
So, what should one look for as a wine lover wine enthusiast? Look at the geography and the grape varieties. It is easy to fly to Oporto (Porto), there are great hotels, and excellent restaurants, the Vinho Verde region with the alvarinhos. Top alvarinho wines are great. Then you can travel not far and you come to port wine county and also Douro table wines. There are Atlantic wines and inland wines, very, very different in style. You can experience the differences travelling only short distances.
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