For a long time, the Trás-os-Montes region was seen as a distant land, geographically remote and, in many ways, overlooked on the map of Portuguese wine. Yet, a conversation with a few local producers quickly reveals that this apparent distance actually hides one of the country’s strongest identities. Discover Trás-os-Montes wines: old vines, rock-cut presses, and one of Portugal’s most authentic wine regions shaped by tradition and history.

With the new resolution of the International Organization of Vine and Wine there is finally a global guideline on the age of old vines.

I’ve been meaning to write about old vines for quite some time now. What they are? How old they should be? Are common questions that I...