Wine region · Portugal

Azores

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Places to visit

Winery · Madalena Cooperativa Vitivinícola da Ilha do Pico Wine bar · Madalena Cooperativa Vitivinícola do Pico Winery · Pico Island Criação Velha UNESCO Vineyards School · Madalena Museu do Vinho Winery Pico Island Volcanic Vineyards

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5 stops · 1 week Azores: Pico Volcanic Vineyards The most alien vineyard landscape on Earth. Since the 15th century, settlers built 987 hectares of stone walls from loose basalt rock to create "currais" - tiny plots that protect vines from Atlantic storms while trapping heat from black volcanic rock. UNESCO protected this in 2004. The cooperative founded in 1949 by 270 growers rescued the vineyards from extinction, and today their Verdelho - a grape that once fetched Russian czar prices - has VLQPRD protected status. All this 1,000 miles from mainland Portugal, with Mount Pico (2,351m, Portugal's highest peak) looming behind.

Things to do

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