One of the nicest white wines for a spring quaff comes from the Portuguese region of Vinho Verde (veen-yo vare-djay). If you imagine the Iberian Peninsula as a head, the Vinho Verde region is at the ...

Portugal may best be known as a producer of Port and Madeira, but it's a nation with a winemaking culture as diverse as it is old. Scores and scores of grape varieties, some grown few places else, ...

We start, as it is always appropriate to do, with something light and fresh, perhaps with some sparkles. A unicorn? Well sure, that would qualify, but let’s not forget that this is a wine column. I ...

How can you not like vinho verde? It’s a low alcohol, easy drinking, inexpensive white from Portugal. If it made its trip to the U.S. under ideal conditions in refrigerated containers, like this ...

Summer picnics, hot afternoons, light meals, finishing up a bike ride or taking in a just mowed lawn – all invite a refreshing wine. One of the best aspects of wine culture is switching up what you’re ...

One of summer's most refreshing wines is Vinho Verde, the cool, crisp and zesty white wine from the northwestern corner of Portugal. Usually light in body and low in alcohol, it has a knifelike ...

A few weeks ago—in light of Earth Day—I wrote about green wines. That is, wines that are produced in an ecologically responsible manner. This week, the topic is a different kind of green wine: Vinho ...