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Bucelas (historically known as ''Bucellas'') is a Portuguese wine-region located in the Lisboa wine-region. The region has Portugal's highest wine classification as a ''Denominação de Origem Controlada'' (DOC). Located south of the Arruda DOC, the region is noted for its potential for cool fermentation white wine production. Vineyards in the area are planted on predominately loam soils.〔 T. Stevenson ''"The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia"'' pg 330 Dorling Kindersley 2005 ISBN 0-7566-1324-8 〕 The white wines of Bucelas became widely popular during the Elizabethan era in England and again during the Victorian age. In London the wines were sometimes described as ''Portuguese hock'' because of their similarities to the German Rieslings from the Rhine. Urban sprawl in the 20th century has drastically reduced viticulture in the area, located north of the Potuguese capital city, Lisbon.〔 J. Robinson (ed) ''"The Oxford Companion to Wine"'' Third Edition pg 138 Oxford University Press 2006 ISBN 0-19-860990-6 〕 ==History== Viticulture in Bucelas, located just north of Lisbon, has likely existed since Roman times. Historically a white wine, during the Elizabethan age it was popular among the English as a fortified wine with wine historians believing that the wine was likely the same "Charneco" wine mentioned by William Shakespeare in the play ''Henry VI, Part 2''〔 (Charneco website ) Accessed: September 23, 2009〕 with Charneco being a local village in the Bucelas region.〔 Eventually Bucelas was made as a non-fortified white wine, with British interests in the wine being revived during the Victorian age following the Peninsular War. During his time in Portugal, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington discovered the wine and imported large quantities back to his estate in the United Kingdom.〔 Infovini ''"(Wines of Lisboa ) Accessed: September 23, 2009〕 With Wellington's favor, soon Bucelas was a fashionable wine on the London wine market where it was known as ''Portuguese Hock''.〔〔B. Nesto ''"(TOURIGA NACIONAL and ARINTO )"'' Massachusetts Beverage Business Magazine, September 2009 〕 During the 20th century, urban sprawl and development contributed to the decline of viticulture and winemaking in the region. By the early 1980s, all the vineyard lands in Bucelas was owned by a single wine estate with a poor reputation for quality. Towards the turn of the century, following a wave of enthusiasm and revival for Portuguese's indigenous grape varieties, new winemakers started to set up operation in the area to produce wines from the local grapes.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bucelas DOC」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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