Buy Portuguese wine in Belgium: Portugal specialists since 1999
Portuguese wine is doing well abroad: in 2025 Portugal exported wine worth 953 million euros, or 3.4 million hectolitres. Despite its modest production volume, Portugal has earned its place on the map with wines of pronounced character.
That distinctiveness is ideal for a role as a valued niche player. Those looking for something more appreciate the authenticity and character of the wines: they are every bit as good as what other wine countries offer, but clearly have a taste of their own.
The Portugal Collection has specialised in Portuguese wine since 1999. We select the most characterful wines, directly from the estate, and deliver throughout Belgium.
The character of Portuguese wine
The wines draw their character from a special climate and a large arsenal of indigenous grape varieties. The rugged, rather inhospitable landscape forces winemakers in most places into a small-scale approach, which encourages the pursuit of quality. Modernity has arrived in recent decades, but a fine balance has been struck with the customs of the past.
Portugal's wine regions
- Douro: Portugal's most spectacular wine region: red and white wines from powerful to refined, and the birthplace of port.
- Dão: elegant, complex wines from granite soils, sheltered by mountains: the 'Burgundy of Portugal'.
- Bairrada: Baga and Bical on the Atlantic coast, and traditional-method sparkling wine.
- Vinho Verde: fresh Alvarinho and Loureiro from the cool Atlantic north.
- Lisboa: a new generation of natural winemakers on the cool coast north of Lisbon.
- Alentejo: the warm south, with spicy to powerful wines and the age-old talha tradition.
- Port: tawny, ruby, colheita and vintage port from the Douro Valley.
- Madeira: fortified wines from the island of Madeira, with legendary ageing potential.
Grape varieties: an unrivalled diversity
Portugal has many assets for making original wines, and its arsenal of indigenous grape varieties is perhaps the most important. More than 250 indigenous varieties have been identified in Portugal. Eleven of them are put forward as flagships: for reds Touriga Nacional, Aragonez (Tinta Roriz), Touriga Franca, Trincadeira (Tinta Amarela), Castelão and Baga; for whites Alvarinho, Arinto, Fernão Pires (Maria Gomes), Loureiro and Encruzado.
When varieties accounting for just 1% of total plantings still make the top 10, you can imagine how varied the landscape is. In the Douro alone, the appellation recognises 80 varieties.
Widely planted black varieties include Aragonez, Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional and Castelão. Among whites, Maria Gomes, Roupeiro and Arinto are common.
Portugal in figures
Portugal's total vineyard area has fallen sharply over the past 30 years, but the country remains in the world's top 10: it ranks tenth, both in area and in production. Today it has almost 170,000 ha of vineyards (2025), producing some 600 million litres of wine a year. By comparison, neighbouring Spain has the largest vineyard area in the world, some 919,000 ha, and made 28.7 million hl of wine in 2025. France has 740,000 ha and made 36.1 million hl (OIV, 2025).
| Wine region | Vineyard area (2025) |
|---|---|
| Vinho Verde | 23,272 ha |
| Trás-os-Montes | 4,521 ha |
| Douro | 43,930 ha |
| Távora-Varosa | 2,072 ha |
| Dão | 9,834 ha |
| Bairrada | 9,181 ha |
| Beira Interior | 11,361 ha |
| Lisboa | 17,820 ha |
| Tejo | 11,713 ha |
| Península de Setúbal | 7,355 ha |
| Alentejo | 25,422 ha |
| Algarve | 1,202 ha |
| Madeira | 646 ha |
| Açores | 1,334 ha |
| Total Portugal | 169,663 ha |
Source: Instituto da Vinha e do Vinho (IVV), vineyard area 2025.
Portuguese wine exports
In 2025 Belgium was the ninth export market by value: 104,654 hectolitres worth 38.4 million euros, 3.67 euros per litre on average, and 6% more in volume than the year before. Worldwide, port accounts for almost a third of export value: 295 million euros.
Portugal counts Belgium among its fourteen priority export markets. (Figures: IVV, exports 2025; ViniPortugal.)
Portuguese wine at The Portugal Collection
Since 1999 we have selected Portugal's most characterful wines, directly from the estate: from Vinho Verde to the Alentejo, and from port to madeira. Discover our producers or the full range in the webshop.
Delivery and collection
We deliver throughout Belgium. Shipping costs €15.73 (incl. VAT) and is free from €175. Prefer to collect? You can pick up your order at our shop in Roeselare, Kaaistraat 62A. More about delivery
Frequently asked questions about Portuguese wine
Where can you buy Portuguese wine in Belgium?
Since 1999, The Portugal Collection has specialised in Portuguese wine and imports directly from producers such as Niepoort, Quinta do Vale Meão, Soalheiro, Filipa Pato and Alvaro Castro. Order online with delivery throughout Belgium, or collect in Roeselare.
What makes Portuguese wine special?
Above all the enormous wealth of indigenous grape varieties, more than 200, combined with a wide range of climates: from the cool Atlantic north to the warm south. That produces wines with a taste of their own, found nowhere else.
What is the difference between port and Portuguese wine?
Port is a fortified, sweet wine from the Douro Valley. Alongside it, Portugal makes dry red, white and rosé wines in every region, as well as sparkling wine. Madeira is also a fortified wine, from the island of the same name.
Which Portuguese wine region suits me?
If you like fresh white wine, look at Vinho Verde or Bairrada. For elegant reds, the Dão is a good choice; for more powerful reds, the Douro or the Alentejo. Fancy something idiosyncratic and natural? Then Lisboa is worth exploring.