Pico is a wine area in the Azores, on the archipelago's second-largest volcanic island. Its 987-hectare historic vineyard landscape is a UNESCO World Heritage property. Since the fifteenth century, long stone walls have run parallel to the rocky shore, protecting small vineyard plots from wind and seawater. The landscape preserves a cultivation system that was once much more widespread. Arinto dos Açores is more acidic than Verdelho, which is more acidic than Terrantez do Pico.
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Elsewhere in Azores
- BiscoitosNo producers listed yetBiscoitos is a wine area in Portugal's Azores. PDO wines from the area are fresh and moderately alcoholic, with pronounced acidity, mineral and salty notes.
- GraciosaNo producers listed yetGraciosa is a wine area in the Azores. Its PDO wines are fresh, moderately alcoholic and pronouncedly acidic, with mineral and salty notes.