Portugal’s reasonably priced white wines are winning deserved new interest, said Pamela S. Busch in SFExaminer.com. Though loureiro, arinto, and other Portuguese varietals are “not exactly displacing chardonnay as the next ‘it’ grape,” several ambitious producers these days are “making aromatic, spry wines.”
2011 Anselmo Mendes Muros Antigos Escolha ($14). Hints of tangerine and white peaches make this piquant vinho verde “the perfect springtime white.”
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