The northern gastronomically of Portugal, The lush Minho credited with the invention of many recipes which have been adopted nationally, the ubiquitous caldo verde soup being just one example. The coast is rich in fish, lamprey, salmon from the Minho’s rivers are popular. So that the raw material of the northern of Portugal like lamprey, salmon or for the drink such as aguardiente is a northern spirit and bagaceira is the wine of northern Portugal by northern grapes.