The resurgence of Pico's magnificent wines

Julia Harding MW

Wednesday 3 July 2024 • 18 min read

Julia realises a long-held dream of visiting this isolated Portuguese island in the middle of the Atlantic to discover its extreme vineyards and unique wines made by resilient, obsessively committed winegrowers. See also Pico – the tasting notes.

Where's Pico?

The Ilha do Pico, or Pico Island, is the second largest of the nine volcanic islands in the autonomous Portuguese region of the Azores, with a land area of 445 km²(172 mi²). It’s around 1,750 km (more than one thousand miles) due west of Lisbon in the middle of the Atlantic and it’s about twice...

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