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Portugal is the country with the widest variety of indigenous grape varieties, it has more than 250. It was the first country to have a demarcated and regulated wine region - the Douro region. It also has two wine regions protected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

How to decide which wine to drink according to the meal you have on the table? Harmonization is the good combination between wine and food, it is the balance between the flavors of both so that one does not cancel or overlap the other.

Wine is an alcoholic beverage produced by fermenting grape juice. It can be divided into six different types: red wine, white wine, rosé wine, sparkling wine, fortified wine and late harvest wine.

Have you ever wondered which are the best known red grape varieties inside and outside Portugal? Here you can learn a little more about them so that you can later distinguish them when drinking a glass of red wine.

Late Harvest wine is produced from grapes harvested later than normal. It is a very sweet wine, usually made from white grape varieties.

The Muscat or Moscatel de Setúbal is a fortified wine that normally has an alcoholic strength between 16º and 22º vol. It is made from just two grape varieties: Moscatel de Setúbal and Moscatel Roxo.

Have you ever wondered which white grape varieties are best known inside and outside Portugal? Here you can learn a little more about them so that you can later distinguish them when drinking a glass of white wine.

Usally made from white grapes, white wine can also be produced from red grapes, using a very soft pressing and avoiding the color extraction from the skins. The color of white wine varies a lot, from citrus to golden yellow.

Argentina is the seventh largest wine consumer in the world and the ninth largest exporter. It is also the only country in the world with vineyards located between 1000 and 3000 meters above sea level.

Currently, Australia is the fourth largest wine exporter and its Shiraz can be classified as the best among all the reds in this variety.

South Africa is the ninth largest wine producer in the world. There are more than 4,500 producers and 100,000 hectares of vineyards planted. The industry employs about 250,000 people.

Fortified wines stand out for their high alcohol content. The best known worldwide are: Porto, Madeira, Moscatel, Marsala and Jerez. Portugal produces most of the best wines in this category.

Produced on Madeira Island, Portugal, it is known worldwide for being one of the best fortified wines on the market.

Sparkling wine is characterized, above all, by the amount of bubbles at the moment we open the bottle. It is a type of wine that can be differentiated through its three types of fermentation: Asti, Charmat or Champenoise.

Chile started producing wine in the 16th century, but it was only from the 80s and 90s of the 20th century that the Chilean wine revolution began, becoming today the fifth largest exporter of wine in the world.