Vinhos de Mesa = Table wine

Answer 1

• Represent nearly a 1/3 or Portugal’s wine productionKey examples:
  1. Mateus

Brand created in 1942 by Fernando Guedes (then producer of Vinho Verde) when he produced a sparkling rosé sweetened to appeal to developing US and North-European wine markets

Production took place in a winery built close to the Mateus Palace .

2. Lancers

Brand created in after WWII by the JM Fonseca winery to tap into the growing N-A and North-European markets. - More popular in the US.