What is a green wine and how to bring to the table?


Among the millions of varieties of wine, there is one special - green wine.

Green wine - this wine. His birth to grapes of the valley between DESD and Minho, the northwest of Portugal.


Despite its name, its color is not green. It may be colorless, transparent like a drop of dew, may have a certain hue of yellow, pink or red flowers. Hence the names of these wines - white, pink, red, sparkling. Green wine - it means not yet fully ripe, young, new, fresh. Name of wine also has nothing in common with the color of grapes used to produce it.

Green wine is used not only as the wine. Because it makes the vinegar, alcohol and well-known strong Portuguese drink Bagaseyra.

Green wine is unique. Wine is light and fresh, lightly carbonated, harmonious, fruity, aromatic comes from the north-west of Portugal, which made the best white wines. Green wine contains little alcohol. This fruity wine easy to drink, suitable for aperitifs and harmony with light appetizers: salads, fish, seafood, sushi, white meats and many other dishes of any cuisine in the world.

The originality and the special nature of these wines - the result of the influence of climate, soil characteristics, the selection of varieties, forms of cultivation of vineyards, winemaking traditions, craftsmanship manufacturers. These factors make the wine, green natural light and fresh, not similar to any other wines in the world.

The mention of wine date back to XII century. Religious castes and royal court contributed to the development of this field agriculture. In XII-XIII century, wine became the traditional drink of the north-west of Portugal.

The first Portuguese wines that had been popular overseas, it became green wine.

Today, green wine - an important article of export. This is the second wine after port, the most sold abroad.

The necessary condition for us to eat green wine - serve it to cool to a temperature of 8-10 degrees. Green wine is very harmonious flavor - just perceptible fruity flavor, sweetness and acid in the symphony with each other, slightly stirred and playful gas tingling, coolness, freshness. The quality of green wines do not improve with time, so they do not keep long and try to use the new. Do not store open wine.

Hot summer nights by the ocean is ideal for this heavenly beverage. His green notes of slightly drunk, refreshing and fun.

Romantic dinner with shrimp, oysters, herbs, cheeses, warm, fragrant bread and green sparkling wine - a magic combination for lovers.

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