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Azores Wines
The planting of vineyards and the making of wine was first introduced in
the 15th Century by the Portuguese settlers from the mainland. It is said
that vines were originally imported to meet their needs for the
celebration of mass rather than for more personal reasons!
It was not long before production was sufficiently good that the two
Islands, Pico and Terceira were exporting a fortified wine
well into the 19th Century. The disease of odium and phylloxera from
Europe somehow penetrated the vineyards and wiped out the complete wine
production.
The Island of Graciosa now makes a light wine and there are now three
regulated regions which are Pico, Biscoito (Island of
Terceira), and Graciosa. The wine produced tends to be
thin and acid and mainly consumed within the group of Islands.
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