Organic wine Portugal, biodynamic Portugal

There are good reasons to choose organic wines from Portugal:

Low harvest quantities per vine or per hectare is an important prerequisite for being able to produce good, high-quality and characterful organic wines. In Portugal it is an average of 35 hl / hectare, which is 65 hl / ha lower than in Germany and thus lower than in any other western European country.

With the exception of the "Vinho Verde" wine-growing region, the climate is the same in all other wine-growing regions such as Douro, Beira Interior, Central Portugal and the Alentejo very dry and hot. Portuguese organic wine is largely made from local grape varieties, which offer interesting alternatives to the internationally known varieties that can also be found in Portugal.

Portugal's most famous quality wine regions (DOC)

• Alentejo DOC and 6 sub-regions: Borba, Évora, Granja-Amareleja, Moura, Portalegre, Redondo, Reguengos, and Vidigueira
• lt;li><b>Beira Interior DOC, with 3 sub-regions: Castelo Rodrigo, Cova da Beir and Pinhel.
• Dão DOC, with seven sub-regions:Alva, Besteiros, Castendo, Serra da Estrela, Silgueiros, Terras de Azurara,Terras de Senhorim, and the Dão Nobre denomination of origin.
• Douro DOC, with three subregions:Baixo Corgo, Cima Corgo, Douro Superior, and the special designation of origin Mocatel do Douro.
• Lagos DOC
• Porto DOC
• Tejo DOC with six subregions: Almeirim, Cartaxo, Chamusca, Coruche, Santarém and Tomar
• Setúbal DOC with the Special Designation of Origin Moscatel de Setúbal and Setúbal Roxo
• Trás-os-Montes DOC with three subregions: Chaves, Planalto, Mirandês and Valpaços
• Vinho Verde DOC with nine subregions: Amarante, Ave, Baião, Basto, Cávado, Lima, Monção e Melgaço, Paiva, Sousa, and two special denominations Vinho Verde Alvarinho and Vinho Verde, Alvarinho Espumante.

Important grape varieties in Portugal

• Portugal has more than 500 autochthonous grape varieties. The most important are:
• Alfrocheiro
• Tinta Roriz
• Baga
• Castelão Francês
• Touriga Francesca
• Touriga National
• Alvarinho
• Arino
• Avesso
• Azal
• Bical
• Encruzado
• Loureiro
• Trajadura
• Verdelho