- Wine purchase, drinking and advance reading are optional. Follow the full lesson and quiz alcohol-free.
Level 6 · Lesson 8
Portugal: Atlantic, Inland and Beyond Port
17:45C48
Before you press play
Choose your preparation track
You do not need to buy every comparison wine. Choose the track that matches your time, budget, and interest.
- Optional open-label flight: 5 distinct wines. Keep labels visible, use small pours, provide water, food and spit cups, and split the comparisons across sittings if helpful.
- A — Soalheiro Alvarinho Clássico (Monção e Melgaço, Vinho Verde). Grape/style: Alvarinho. Reference edition: Producer bottle image identifies 2025; match the actual tasting edition.. Substitution: Preserve Monção e Melgaço, Vinho Verde and the documented Alvarinho teaching role; recheck actual bottle evidence and update the label image. If unavailable use the explicit dossier route, not an invented tasting result.
- B — Quinta dos Murças Assobio Tinto 2023 (Douro). Grape/style: Regional red blend. Reference edition: Authentic producer range reference. Image vintage and actual tasting edition require matching; no stock or price claim.. Substitution: Preserve Douro and the documented Regional red blend teaching role; recheck actual bottle evidence and update the label image. If unavailable use the explicit dossier route, not an invented tasting result.
- C — Quinta dos Roques Tinto (Dão). Grape/style: Regional red blend. Reference edition: Actual 2022 Colheita front label; no current-stock claim.. Substitution: Preserve Dão and the documented Regional red blend teaching role; recheck actual bottle evidence and update the label image. If unavailable use the explicit dossier route, not an invented tasting result.
- D — Luís Pato Vinha Pan (Bairrada). Grape/style: Baga. Reference edition: Historical producer Vinha Pan bottle image; source filename identifies 2015.. Substitution: Preserve Bairrada and the documented Baga teaching role; recheck actual bottle evidence and update the label image. If unavailable use the explicit dossier route, not an invented tasting result.
- E — Esporão Monte Velho Tinto 2024 (Alentejo). Grape/style: Regional red blend. Reference edition: 2024 producer Monte Velho red sheet; original embedded bottle image.. Substitution: Preserve Alentejo and the documented Regional red blend teaching role; recheck actual bottle evidence and update the label image. If unavailable use the explicit dossier route, not an invented tasting result.
- Match the exact producer, wine and edition before applying technical-sheet numbers. Historical documents and unavailable sources are labelled below.
- Use the displayed labels, maps and producer evidence to compare the wines. You do not need to invent a tasting note.
Taste responsibly: small pours, water, food, and spit cups are sensible equipment. Never build transport plans after the bottles are open.