Since the mid-18th century, Portugal’s wine reputation has been mainly built around port, the classic fortified wine made exclusively in the Douro region, located in the northern part of the country. Yet, less than half of the approximately 185 million gallons of wine produced each year is dedicated to these sweet wines. It turns out Portugal, now the seventh-largest wine-producing country in the world, has a lot more to offer than just port.

Located in the western portion of Europe, Portugal is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east. It is a country of diverse climatic conditions with at least six distinctive wine appellations that stretch from the cooler regions of Vinho Verde in the north, to the Lagos region deep in the south.