Portugal
Alentejo
Alentejo is a wine region in Portugal. Warm southern plains making ripe, approachable reds.
Where it is
Map data: Candiago; Natural Earth
Places in Alentejo
Borba
A marble-quarrying town in the north of Alentejo, one of the region's older wine sub-zones.
Evora
The vineyard around the walled city of Évora in central Alentejo, worked since Roman times.
Granja-Amareleja
The hot dry south east corner of Alentejo near the Guadiana, where vines are trained low.
Moura
An Alentejo sub-zone on the plain east of Beja, planted on darker clay ground.
Redondo
An Alentejo wine sub-zone under the Serra d'Ossa, between Borba and Reguengos.
Reguengos
The vineyard plain around Reguengos de Monsaraz in central Alentejo, close to the Spanish border.