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The awards for best white and best fortified wine at the latest edition of the Guimarães Wine Fair went to Quinta dos Lagares. Quinta dos Lagares Reserva branco 2017 and Porto Vintage 2016 came first in their categories in the tasting at the Guimarães Wine Fair, which took place between November 22 and 24, 2019, at the Guimarães Multiusos. This nationwide fair allows participants to taste and also buy wines, making it one of the largest temporary wine fairs in… Read more: AWARD-WINNING WINES - A FRESH, RIPE WHITE
“Quinta dos Lagares has everything needed to produce great Douro wines: new high altitude vineyards, old vineyards located at a lower elevation and with excellent exposure, a great diversity of grape varieties and, very importantly, a proven terroir.” This comprehensive look by the journalist serves to introduce the wine featured in the edition of Fugas magazine, Público newspaper, Quinta dos Lagares Reserva white 2017: “A blend of Rabigato and Viosinho, it originates from the plots that Quinta dos Lagares owns… Read more: A FRESH, RIPE WHITE - QUINTA OPENS WINE TOURISM
Suspended over the landscape, the new tasting room at Quinta dos Lagares inaugurates a new wine tourism service in one of the Douro’s emblematic valleys, the Vale de Mendiz. Quinta dos Lagares is a family project with a history and a privileged location in the Mendiz Valley, a legacy that Pedro Lencart and his wife Isabel Sarmento want to preserve by investing in the production of quality wines. The opening of a tasting room and wine tourism services on the… Read more: QUINTA OPENS WINE TOURISM - SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY
The forest at Quinta dos Lagares was recently awarded Sustainable Forest Management Certification by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), making it the first and only one in the Douro to be certified by this demanding organization. Quinta dos Lagares extends over a natural amphitheatre that reaches its highest point on the Favaios plateau, at 560 meters, and descends to 260 meters, close to the Pinhão river. These conditions, combined with a history of less intensive land use, have resulted in… Read more: SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY - ZABODEZ AWARDED AGAIN
The olive oil produced by Quinta dos Lagares has once again won the gold medal at the prestigious New York International Olive Oil Competition. Zabodez comes from the olive groves of Quinta dos Lagares, some of which are centuries old and are currently maintained in duly certified organic farming. These are olive groves in the Douro tradition, in which the typical varieties of the region are mixed and randomly distributed: Madural, Cobrançosa, Verdeal, Cordovil, Bical and Galega, except in the… Read more: ZABODEZ AWARDED AGAIN