¥Portugal is arguably as important for its cork production as for its
wine.
¥One of the most traditional, or Òold worldÓ of
wine-producing countries, because of the many indigenous grape varieties, and because of
its isolation from the rest of
the wine world until it joined
the EU in 1986.
¥Although small, Portugal produces about as much wine as Germany, making it the 4th (or 5th) biggest producer of wine.