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Percentage of growth in Portugal’s wine export value in 2020. According to the publication Meininger’s, Portugal’s export value has normally grown an average of 3.3% per year. A recent rise in awareness of Portuguese still wines has begun to help boost demand for wines other than Port. The US and Brazil are Portugal’s largest export destinations.

When did Château Mouton Rothschild become a First Growth?

A. 1925

B. 1855

C. 1973

D. 1880

Originally (in the 1855 Classification) only four Bordeaux châteaux made it into the rank of First Growth: Château Lafite Rothschild, Château Latour, Château Margaux, and Château Haut-Brion. In 1855, Château Mouton Rothschild was designated a Second Growth. The owner of Mouton Rothschild, Baron Philippe de Rothschild, protested vehemently and launched a decades-long campaign to get Mouton Rothschild elevated to First Growth status. Although the 1855 Classification was considered sacrosanct and its classifications final, Rothschild eventually prevailed and in 1973 Mouton Rothschild was moved up and became a First Growth.

“In our case, patience is in our DNA. The wine world is a business where the results you expect to see are not in a few years but in a generation.”

—Albiera Antinori
As quoted in Wine Enthusiast, upon becoming the 26th generation (and first woman) CEO to lead the Antinori wine empire, until now headed by her famous father Piero. The Antinori wine company began in Tuscany in 1385.

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