Appellation: Vinho Verde
Minho · Portugal
17.7°C
498mm
Warm
Growing-season mean of 17–19 °C
12.2°C
Day–night swing; higher preserves acidity.
Representative-location climate normals, 1989–2018 (TerraClimate), read at Entre Douro e Minho. Source: Puga et al., OENO One 2022.
- Light, crisp, sometimes lightly sparkling white
Grapes of Vinho Verde
Fresh, low-alcohol whites from the green, rainy northwest of Portugal.
Vinho Verde — "green wine," meaning young rather than a color — comes from the cool, wet Minho region in Portugal's far northwest. The classic style is light, crisp, and low in alcohol, often with a slight spritz, made to be drunk fresh.
The more serious wines come from the Monção e Melgaço subzone, where Alvarinho (the same grape as Spain's Albariño) produces whites of real depth, texture, and aromatic intensity — peach, citrus, and a saline minerality — a world away from the simple everyday versions.
Production is recorded by region, not by appellation.