IPR in Portugal refers to wines which come from a demarcated region.
Portugal was 25 years ahead of France’s 1855 Appellation d’Origine Controllee (AOC) in classifying “quality wine.” There are currently nine Denominacao de Origem Controlada (DOC) or Regiao Demarcada (RD) wine regions.

Since joining the European Common Market, an additional 30 areas have been identified by the phrase Indicacao de Provenienca Regulamentada (IPR) or Vinhos de Qualidad Produzides em Regiao Determinada (VQPRD).

The current list of IPR/VQPRD’s include:

Algarve (4 sub regions)
Chaves
Valpacos
Planalto Mirandes
Encotas da Nave
Varosa
Castelo Rodrigo
Cova de Beira
Pinhel
Alcoba?a
Encostas de Aire
Obidos
Almeirim
Cartaxo
Chamusca
Coruche
Santarem
Tomar
Alenquer
Arruda
Torres
Arrabida
Palmela
Borba
Portalegre
Redondo
Reguengos
Vidiguera
Estremoz
Evora

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