# The Pico wine country

URL: https://picoisland.pt/wine
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Last verified: 2026-08-11

Pico's vineyards are a UNESCO World Heritage landscape: currais, small stone-walled plots protecting Verdelho vines from salt wind, mostly in Criação Velha and the Lajido of Santa Luzia.

## The currais system

The black basalt walls aren't decorative: they're the only reason vines survive the Atlantic wind here at all.