Article on Portuguese Wine

Victoria Moore wrote an interesting article on Portuguese wines in The Telegraph which highlights some of the great strengths and also continuing frustrations of Portuguese wine and their makers. It remains a mystery to The Exceptional Wine Company why so many well made wines using so many different grape varieties remain predominantly ignored by the UK market. There is a stunning lack of awareness and caution at both consumer and retailer level which The Exceptional Wine Company is trying to tackle by representing Portuguese producers who are at the cutting edge of developing the indigenous wine trade with their brilliant ability to blend their little heard of grapes into exceptional wines. Have a read:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/wine/9246075/Portugal-the-land-that-the-wine-buyers-forgot.html