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Despite its small size Portugal's landscape varies
dramatically. Its wines are just as diverse with as many
different wine styles as the myriad combinations of its
topography and climate. Near the coast the wines are heavily
influenced by the Atlantic. Moving inland this influence
quickly disappears, which allows the same wine region to
produce crisp dry whites and at the same time offer complex
and full-bodied reds. from Tras-os-Montes in the north to
the Algarve in the south there are more than one hundred
native grape varieties planted, all with different
personalities yielding a wealth of tastes and aromas.
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