Some new Portuguese imports have been hitting the Israeli market over the last year, and I thought it would be useful to review them all as a set. Until now, for the most part very few kosher Portuguese wines have been made. Usually, we get a steady stream of port – in the past the Royal produced Porto Cordovero, both Ruby and the legendary 2004 and 2005 LBVs (this production has ended) and we currently have Porto Quevedo ruby ports under various different labels. Once in a while, a one-off Douro kosher red would make its way into the world, but these were infrequent and inconsistent from a quality standpoint. Last year in Israel, we saw the introduction of kosher versions of the mass produced the Porta 6 line of Vidigal wines – rosé, white, and red versions. It is unclear whether these too were a one-off production, or if this is a long-term plan to have kosher versions (my guess is the former). I can say that those wines were not the best quality. I chose to only include a review of the red here for comparison, as the rosé and white are both likely dead at this point.
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