Wine region
Acores
Acores is a wine region in Portugal, home to 3 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines.
On this page
Acores's 3 wineries make roughly equal white and red wine; Chardonnay is the most common single-grape bottling; wines carry VR designation.
About the Acores region
- Location
- The Açores PGI wine area covers all islands in the Azores archipelago.
- Climate
- The prestigious white wine of the Biscoitos IPR is produced from the dark and rocky volcanic soils on the island of Terceira, marked by bread-like rock formations that allowed the protection from the intemperate climate in the area.
- Soils
- Located on the American, European and African tectonic plates, the islands of the Azores originated from recent volcanism, and have soils that are shallow in depth, consisting of basalt, traquites, andesites and clay formations.
Region facts sourced from Official Journal of the European Union, Açores (EUGI00000005125), OJ C 200, 8 June 2023, retrieved 2026-07-11. (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of Commission documents), Wikipedia contributors, "Açores VR", Wikipedia, revision 1254765418, retrieved 2026-07-11. (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International).
Most common single-grape wines
When Acores wines are made from a single grape (rather than a blend), these are the most common:
- Chardonnay
- 1 single-grape wine
Wine profile
Acores is roughly split, making substantial white (48%) and red (41%) wine.
28 distinct Acores wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
- White13 · 48%
- Red11 · 41%
- Rose3 · 11%
Types: Still.
Representative Acores wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Azores — Vinha dos Aards
- Azores — Vulcanico Tinto
- Quinta da Jardinete — Chardonnay
- Ilha do Pico — Terras De Lava Reserva
- Ilha do Pico — Terras De Lava Rose
- Etnom — Branco
- Canjirao — Verdelho
- Quinta da Jardinete — Barrica de Carvalho
Quality designations
Wines here carry VR status — a controlled quality designation.
- VRA regional wine designation.
Portugal wine designations
- DO
- DO is Portugal’s official category for wines protected as a European Union DOP and governed by a registered product specification.
- VR
- Vinho Regional is the Portuguese regional-wine term associated with a European Union IGP and governed by a registered product specification.
Understanding the wine data
- Designation
- The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built
Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
How to choose a good Acores wine
Look for the VR designation — it signals a controlled-origin Acores wine.
FAQs
- Where is Acores?
- The Açores PGI wine area covers all islands in the Azores archipelago.
- What do the designation terms on Acores wines mean?
- DO: DO is Portugal’s official category for wines protected as a European Union DOP and governed by a registered product specification. VR: Vinho Regional is the Portuguese regional-wine term associated with a European Union IGP and governed by a registered product specification. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.
- How are wineries and producers selected for Acores?
- Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
- How are representative Acores wines selected?
- Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
- How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Acores?
- The current regional catalogue contains 28 linked wines from 3 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.
Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.