Prestigious American news agency highlights excellence of wines from the Alentejo region!

“Bottles of wine under $ 25 that taste as if they cost twice that” distinguished wines considered twice as valuable than their market price Seven Alentejo wines were featured in the prestigious Bloomberg news agency, by author specialized in wines, Elin McCoy .

The article entitled “Bottles of wine under $ 25 that taste as if they cost twice that” signaled seven wines from the Alentejo region with prices below 25 dollars and that they considered to have quality twice as high as their market price.

In the article by the author who collaborates, in addition to Bloomberg in publications such as The New York Times, House & Garden or Decanter magazine, the wines “Rubrica” white 2019 (Luís Duarte), “Cartuxa” white 2018 (Fundação Eugénio de Almeida), “Monte Velho” red 2019 (Herdade do Esporão), “Herdade dos Grous” red 2018 (Herdade dos Grous), “Amphora” red 2018 (Herdade do Rocim), Herdade de Coelheiros red 2017 (Coelheiros), and A Touriga vai Nua red 2019 (Fita Preta).

The specialist also makes reference to the quality of the wines that are produced within the scope of the sustainable practices of the Wines of Alentejo Sustainability Program (WASP), highlighting the Coelheiros and Herdade dos Grous wines.

“Alentejo wines have come to stand out in international markets and this type of distinctions that mark the quality of what we produce, while enhancing the sustainability of their production, is a reason for us to be extremely satisfied”, explains Francisco Mateus, president of the Alentejo Regional Wine Commission (CVRA). The New York agency's article mentioned 15 bottles of wines produced in Portugal that are surprising for their quality-price ratio, with almost half of the featured wines produced in the Alentejo.