December Wines of Spain/Portugal

For this month we'll be featuring wines from Spain and Portugal. Here are the wines we'll be tasting

2019 Ilha do Pico ‘Terras de Lava’ Branco (Portugal)

Ilha do Pico - a cooperative of local growers, but also a high-level artisanal producer - is the largest and oldest winery in

the Azores, a Portuguese island chain in the middle of the Atlantic. They’re located on the island of Pico, which is

dominated by a dormant volcano that last erupted in 1970. The vines are grown on small volcanic black rocks (biscoitos)

and surrounded by stone walls called currais. The rocks heat up in the sun, helping the grapes ripen, while the walls