Wine

Donald Trump’s threat on Thursday to slap a massive 200% tariff on wines effectively means that Portuguese wine exports, which are worth €100 million a year, could be priced out of the huge US [...]

The Algarve produced 1,982,177 litres of wine in 2024 – a 20% growth in production on 2023. This is according to figures from Sara Silva, president of the Algarve Wine Commission (CVA), an [...]

This year the largest wine producer on the Island of Pico in the Azores, PicoWines, celebrated its 75th anniversary. Essential Business was invited to join in the celebrations and discovered how [...]

Australian property entrepreneurs David Clarkin and Andrew Homan are creating a sustainable luxury wine resort in Cartaxo near Santarém. ODE Winery Farm & Living will offer the perfect wine [...]

Wine exports grew 8.58% in volume and 1.25% in value in the first half of the year compared to the same period in 2023, according to ViniPortugal, which regrets a fall in the price per litre and [...]

At Quinta dos Vales, this month marks the end of one era and the beginning of a new one. After 17 years as the helm of the project, Karl Heinz Stock has now passed on the management and ownership [...]

Sales in the Lisbon Demarcated Wine Region in the first half of 2024 to 9 July grew 4% on the same period in 2023 thanks to white wines, rosés and ‘Leve Lisboa’. The president of the Regional [...]

The Alentejo Regional Wine Commission has posted a 27% increase in wine tourism in 2023 like-for-like on 2022. Comissão Vitivinícola Regional Alentejana (CVRA) says that this uptick is down to an [...]

Portugal’s wine promotion organisation ViniPortugal has been carrying out a roadshow in the United States to drum up business and awareness of Portuguese wines. The US market grew 9.4% in the [...]

It’s not every day you get the chance to sample exquisite port wines that are a hundred years old or more. Essential Lisboa was invited by the oldest port wine brand in the world, Kopke, to taste [...]