The Alentejo & the Vine

The Alentejo & the Vine

The Alentjo is a Portugal region covering much of the southern half of the country originally the name , Além - Tejo , literally means "beyond the Tagus ".

This region is characterized by the mixture of Roman and Arabic cultures as well as the latest evidence of Christianity.

North - east are the typical towns of Castle Road , famous for its tapestries.
Going south , the landscape becomes more arid. Around Evora, one of the most beautiful cities of Portugal , declared World Heritage by UNESCO , one must visit the marble quarries and Arraiolos , known for his famous hand-woven carpets .

Alvito , Beja, is an ancient Roman city that became a Muslim cultural center , Moura, Serpa and Mértola are places worth visiting . South -west , the coastline attracts visitors with its beautiful beaches , some of which still wild . The Alentejo is a region known for its rural and ecological tourism.
The Alentejo is not really a wine region , but countless small viticulture areas together, these territories s'parpillent along the Spanish border in the east and southeast of Lisbon.

The wines regions

The Alentejo covers a relatively large area of the country where one manufactures olive oil, there is always olive trees, in vineyards as in Tuscany .

The Alentejo many good quality wines in the wine regions of

Portalegre:

Is the northernmost near Sao Mamede hills area , the red wines of this region are derived mainly Aragonez , Grand Noir, Periquita and Trincadeira for whites is the Arinto grape varieties - Galego , Roupeiro , Assario , Manteoedo and Fernão – worst

Borda,

This region is known as much for its wine as are marble, red wines , D' Aragonez, Periquita and Trincadeira , with Alfrocheiro , Alicante Bouschet , Grand Noir and Moreto
The white wines are made from them : Perrum, rabo , Ovelha , Roupeiro and Tamarez

Redondo is connected by water and Vigia in south and the Ossa mountains to the north , the main grape varieties used are : Periquita , Arago, Trincaseira , Moreto, Roupeiro
For white have found Fernão , Tamarez , Rabo and Ovelha

Evora,

This once famous vineyard is now reborn with varieties like Periquita the Trincadeira , Tinta The Aragonez and Caiada
Pourur whites Arinto , some Rabo , Ovelha ,the Roupeiro and Tamarez

Reguengos ,

This area basement fully Granite with some shale , a hot continental climate and dry summer , the wines are known for their Reguengos Qualie with reds from , Periquita , Trincadeira , and Aragonez and Moreto .

For white wines is Roupeiro ,Rabo , Ovelha , Manteoedo and Perrum as varieties

Granga , Amereleja .

Located southwest of Alentejo just to the Spanish border are climate is subtropical influences with great temperature differences between hot summers and freezing winters , the region that produced only red wines with lots of characters whose grapes used are some Moreto , Periquita and Trincadeira

Vidigueira .

The oldest is the wine region of Portugal known hills of Portel , a continental climate and subtropical characteristics and a basement of volcanic origin, red wines are made from grapes as Alfrocheiro the Moreto, the Periquita , Tinta - Grossa and Trincadeira , for varieties of white wines have some Antao - Vaez , Manteoedo , Perrum , Rabo de Ovelha and Roupeiro

Moura .

It is the most southern of these small areas are under soil is chalky, with a subtropical climate and some red wines from grapes such Alfrocheiro , Moreto, Periquita and Trincadeira , whites are made ​​from Antão Vaz , Fernão - pires , Rabo , Ovelha and Roupeiro