Unexpected Wine Region: Azores Island
What's the most unexpected wine region you've ever visited? 🍷
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Pico Island, one of nine volcanic Azorean islands located almost 1,000 miles from mainland Portugal, isn’t the first place you’d expect to find a thriving wine culture; however, the destination has been producing wine since the 15th century, starting about 10 years after the first settlers came around 1439. Despite volcanic eruptions, lava landslides and hostile environment, these early settlers were able to not only adapt, but thrive.
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Pretty crazy, huh?