Export sales of Portuguese wines have increased eight-fold in the last ten years, but few people know anything about the wines. Richard Mayson sketches out the history of Portugese wine production and describes the native grapes still very much in use in the country, in spite of the fashion for Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon elsewhere in the world. The main section of this book is a guide to the wine growing regions and the people who make the wine. It offers an impartial appraisal of the wines produced in Portugal today and looks to the future to assess developments over the next decade.
- ISBN10 0712639721
- ISBN13 9780712639729
- Publish Date 1 January 1980
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 18 January 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Ebury Publishing
- Imprint Ebury Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English