DrinkWire is Liquor.com's showcase for the best articles, recipe and reviews from the web's top writers and bloggers. In this post, Virginia Miller offers thoughts on Portugal’s Duoro wine country.

Sunset view (with rose) from the deck of Monverde Wine Experience Hotel

Here is my Food Republic on Portugal’s dreamy Duoro wine region, published on December 2, 2016.

I explore the region from the fantastic home base of the one-of-a-kind, eco-friendly Monverde Wine Experience Hotel set in the middle of Vinho Verde vineyards.

Then I talk about a few key and diverse wineries of the region (well beyond alvarinho!), the fine dining and under-the-radar food glories of Lisbon from “real deal” Mexican food to killer food hall, and explore Lisbon’s burgeoning cocktail scene.

Barnacles, garlicky bread & Portuguese rosé wine