Portugal's Grape Escape

Most of their names are gentle on the ear: trincadeira, roupeiro, moreto, touriga nacional, periquita. Some sound a little sharper: antão vaz, aragonês; there's even one called bastardo. Mean absolutely nothing? A clue is that they are also typically gentle on the tongue when in liquid form. Yes, they are varieties of grapes, some red, some white, but all with one...

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