History of Portuguese wine country unfavorable for viticulture, making the country a ready market for imported wines; its proximity to France, made French wines a natural source. At times the supply was threatened by political and military conflicts between the English and French crowns. New sources had to be found such as the wines of Portugal. Documents exist detailing Portuguese wine shipments from the Minho region to England occurring as early as the 12th century. These wines, including those from the wet northern region of modern-day Vinho Verde, were often light and astringent with noticeable acidity. Despite the new source, the variety of French
O Pão e o Vinho and attaching land, still had a memory, was still alive. The actors of this film tell what happened. In each of these stories, the main character is Man." O Pão e o Vinho O Pão e o Vinho (English: Bread and Wine) is a 1981 Portuguese documentary feature film produced and directed by Ricardo Costa, his second docufiction after "Changing Tides" ("Mau Tempo, Marés e Mudança") – 1996/7. The third is "Mists" ("Brumas") - 2003. Like "Changing Tides", "Bread and Wine" may as well be classified as ethnofiction. "O Pão e o Vinho" is contemporary to the tetralogy "Homem Montanhês"