Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

List of Portuguese wine regions

 
Wikipedia: List of Portuguese wine regions
Home > Library > Miscellaneous > Wikipedia
Ambox outdated serious.svg
 This article may need to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information, and remove this template when finished. Please see the talk page for more information.

Portuguese wine regions are grouped into 3 classifications. At the top are the Denominação de Origem Controlada (or DOCs) which correspond roughly to the French Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC), Italian Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC), and Spanish Denominación de Origen (DO) classifications. As of 2005, there were 19 DOCs in Portugal. The second group are considered Indicação de Proveniencia Regulamentada (IPRs) or "DOCs in training". This level is similar to the French Vin Délimité de Qualité Superieure (VDQS) system. As of 2005, there were 29 IPRs. The final group are the Vinho Regional (VRs) which are similar to the French Vin de pays. As of 2005, there were 8 VRs.[1]

Contents

Denominação de Origem Controlada

Indicação de Proveniência Regulamentada

Vinhos Regionais

References

  1. ^ T. Stevenson "The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia" pg 329-333 Dorling Kindersley 2005 ISBN 0756613248

This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)

Search unanswered questions...

Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics

 
 

 

Copyrights:

Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "List of Portuguese wine regions".  Read more