Termina hoje a vindima de 2008 nas Cortes de Cima. É tempo de uma curta pausa, para fazer um balanço a mais uma maratona de colheita e fermentação das uvas.
Este foi, sem dúvida, um bom ano. A apanha foi sabiamente coordenada pelo Hans, que resolveu correr os riscos necessários em relação às previsões climatéricas e [...]

A brief mid September update and some new vineyard photos.
As you can see in the photos, our vines are still in a good healthy state, with their working canopy helping the grapes to finish the most important stage of the ripening process, the phenolic maturity, or development of the grape flavor, color, aroma and [...]

Vintage is here! Amazing that it has already been a year since the last, but here we are, ready and waiting for the onslaught of grapes! There is a buzz of activity in the vineyards and winery as we prepare for picking, crushing, fermenting, pressing, tasting, sampling, measuring, and all the many and varied jobs [...]

At Cortes de Cima, instead of just hiding from Alentejo’s abundant sunshine, we have decided to harness it. 56 square meters of solar panels top our southern facing roof, combined with a thermal tank of 5.000 liters to supply the winery with all the hot water we need. These solar collector panels each have [...]

Of course we are passionate about corks! Corks are literally grown in our own backyard! Even a routine trip to town takes us though a landscape of Alentejan plains dotted with ancient cork oaks, where sheep and goats graze, and black Iberian pigs scout for acorns.
“Cork oak forests rank among the top biodiversity [...]

In Portugal, we have been pioneers with an environmentally friendly solution for the disposal of our winery waste water.
All the water used in the winery goes through bio-treatment ponds and ends up in a reed bed, where the waste water is completely consumed by the reeds. This “Biocomplex” is a natural method of sewage [...]