Enter the Vidigueira Antão Vaz 2024. This is a beautiful, affordable Alentejo wine, made from Antão Vaz, the grape often called "the white grape of Alentejo," and it captures exactly why this region should not be overlooked for food-friendly white wines.

Portugal has quietly been doing its own thing for centuries, growing grapes that exist nowhere else on earth and refusing to chase international trends. That independence is exactly why the rest of the wine world is suddenly paying attention.