It means that to go through a tasting of some really good local wines you’ll easily be paying over €10 a glass (NB: we budgeted €65 a day for all food and wine so were constrained and drank a lot of suprmarket Pingo Dolce own label wine to help budget for more expensive days). These bars are largely designed for tourists, which doesn’t mean they are bad. There are also plenty of wine bars with huge collections of local vinhos, the whole country being a patchwork of wine regions. However, this red made within an hour of Lisbon with a blend of traditionally fermented grapes and amphora fermented comes with a bit of funk and at €7 was good value compared to what else was on offer. Portugal is a country using traditional winemaking techniques and is yet to join the rush to make natural wines. My best score was a José Maria de Fonseca José de Susa Alentejano Red Blend 2012. In Portugal I know nothing so relied on the local bottle shop staff at the Time Out Market outlet of Garrafeira Nacional. I found myself completely out of my Australian comfort zone of knowing exactly what I want to drink and how and when I want to go off piste. There are plenty of good bottle shops to stock up on local booze, the largest being local chain being Garrafeira Nacional. A gin & tonic fish bowl can easily set you back €10 or more depending on the bar. And the centre of Lisbon is a tourist zone.
Also in the main tourist zones you pay tourist prices. The Portuguese version of GST is 23% (vs 10% in Australia). What will surprise you is the price of having a drink in a bar. We found that there wasn’t much difference in wine quality between paying some €15 in an upmarket bottle shop or €5 from the supermarket chain Pingo Dolce – where the house branded wine for just a few euro are sensational value. It’s a very enticing aperitif or finish to the day. I think there is a savoury umaminess to it, oakiness of the barrel, and a slight sweetness. I became addicted to dry white port, ice cold straight from the fridge. The much maligned green wine – vinho verdhi – which isn’t actually green but sharp and refreshing is perfect for a summer’s evening.Įveryone loves port but do you really want to drink a rich aged deep red port mid-summer? First are the rooftop bars and goldfish bowl gin & tonics infused with spices (usually cinnamon) and some fruit and citrus. There’s a lot to love about drinking in Lisbon.
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