How vineyard soils affect the taste of your wine

Importer Fran Kysela, of Kysela Père et Fils in Winchester, Va., was tasting wines at Adega Ponte de Lima, a cooperative winery, in January 2019, when he noticed distinctions between two tanks of vinho verde. When he learned that the only difference was the soil type in the vineyards, he decided to bottle them separately. Concept design, label approvals and pandemic-related shipping delays later, the 2020 vintage of Encostas do Lima Vinho Verde Granite and Schist are now in the market.