Touriga Nacional: Quick Guide

Pronounced: tore-ee-gah naw-see-oh-nahl If you’re holding a bottle of Touriga Nacional right now, please invite me over. Seriously.  Touriga Nacional is a black wine grape native to Northern Portugal. Winemakers use Touriga Nacional as a main blending grape in age-worthy sweet fortified Port wines, as well as fine dry red table wines. Touriga Nacional wines […]

What Is Baga Wine?

Baga is a Vitis vinifera grape variety with small, thick-skinned purple berries. The word baga means ‘berry’, and the variety grows widely in the coastal Bairrada region of central Portugal. Today, innovation and experimentation in winemaking mean that Baga wines can be vinified into refreshing rosés, light and fruity reds, or even bold, tannic blockbusters.