Reviving Baga, the Star Grape of Portugal’s Bairrada Region
While Baga has been on the radar of wine professionals for many years, a new crop of grower-producers is driving change in the region and helping redefine the grape for U.S. drinkers
Zachary Sussman is a Brooklyn-based wine writer whose work has appeared in Saveur, Wine & Spirits, The World of Fine Wine, Food & Wine, and The Wall Street Journal Magazine, among many others. A regular contributor to Punch, he was formerly selected as the Champagne Louis Roederer Emerging Wine Writer of the Year. He is the author of The Essential Wine Book (2020) and Sparkling Wine for Modern Times (November, 2021) from Ten Speed Press.
While Baga has been on the radar of wine professionals for many years, a new crop of grower-producers is driving change in the region and helping redefine the grape for U.S. drinkers
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