Portuguese wine order to protect its superior wines from inferior ones. The quality and great variety of wines in Portugal are due to noble castas, microclimates, soils and proper technology. Official designations: Vinho Verde: This region is mainly in the Minho province and is in the extreme north-west of Portugal. There are six areas : Vinho Verde derived its name from the fact that the grapes used are 'green' meaning slightly under-ripe. Vinho Verde wines are now largely exported, and are the most exported Portuguese wines after the Port Wine. The most popular variety in Portugal and abroad are the white wines,
Wine Country Broadcasting Wine Country Broadcasting Wine Country Broadcasting Company is a small San Francisco, California, United States, based radio broadcasting company that owns a translator in Calistoga and a repeater in Cordelia, California. Wine Country Broadcasting, a California corporation, is owned by the Roger O. Walther SP Trust, and administered by the Tusker Corporation of San Francisco (a Delaware corporation). The trust is administered by Roger O. Walther and Anne Newton Walther, husband and wife. Roger O. Walther is the Chairman and CEO of Tusker. Wine Country Broadcasting bought the properties, along with KVON and KVYN, in 2003 from Charles B. Moss