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The Alentejo region is set for a good harvest this year: forecasts point to a 20% increase in production and “high quality”. In Dão, which also released its harvest forecast, the increase will be more modest.
A rainy winter and a warm spring created favourable conditions in the vineyards of the Dão demarcated region. Producers are expecting “great wines” from this year's harvest.
Jardim Gonçalves and his children produce delicate and thought-provoking wines in Sintra. At 90 years old, the former influential banker is an emerging wine producer.
Get to know the Brazilian chef and sommelier who is also a wine producer in Portugal.
Annual grape production in the Azores reached 1,048 tonnes in 2025, a record for the last 20 years, the Government of the Azores announced this Monday. Pico, a unique wine-growing landscape classified as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2004, is the leading island with a staggering 92% of the archipelago's total production.
Winegrowers attribute the drop to adverse weather conditions.
In a year when the volume of wine fell, two small regions increased their production: the Azores and Beira Interior.
Home News Portugal wine production down 14% Portugal wine production down 14% Wine production in Portugal fell by 14% in the 2025/2026 season, to 5. 9 million hectolitres, according to data from the Institute of Vine and Wine ( IVV).
