Quinta das Bágeiras, Bairrada Tinto “Avô Fausto”

As we approach the halfway point of 2021, I’d say that Portuguese wine is the story of the year so far. We highlighted Portugal in a recent edition of our “Explore 4” wine club, and, on the Daily Offer front, some of our most exciting finds lately have been Portuguese—reds and whites alike. What’s so exciting about them? That rare combination of novelty, quality, and value that is catnip to sommeliers the world over. It may seem odd to describe Portugal as a “new” frontier, but from the perspective of the American wine consumer, it is: Port wines are considered some of the greatest collectibles in the world, but Portuguese wine more broadly spent a lot of years in the wilderness before a new generation, and new investment, completely transformed the scene.In the case of the Bairrada appellation, the region where Quinta das Bágeiras has become a modern reference point, the trailblazing Luis Pato, a master of the local Baga grape, jump-started the renaissance we’re witnessing today. Wher