“Vintages can only be understood backwards, but must be lived forwards,” to paraphrase philosopher Soren Kierkegaard.
Synopsis: Harvest 2011, our 16th harvest. Another record winter rainfall. Record tropical heat in May. Record early start to harvest. Superlative summer and harvest weather. Harvest quantity – up. Harvest quality – above average.
For the second year running, we had an [...]
5th August was a record early harvest start at Cortes de Cima, with the first lot of Gouveio grapes arriving at the winery. Now 2 weeks on, we have picked batches of most of our other white wine varieties -Verdelho, Viognier, Antao Vaz, Alvarinho and Sauvignon Blanc.
This year for the first time, the largest [...]
A film of our history, our winemaking philosophy, our vineyards and our winemaking shot during the last harvest.
Harvest 2010 Record-breaking winter rainfall followed by record summer heat
Synopsis: Our 15th harvest. The 2009/ 2010 growing season experienced new record-breaking climatic extremes, both in winter rainfall and summer heat. A difficult growing season and harvest due to delayed ripening. Fine harvest weather. Harvest quantity – up. Harvest quality – good, not excellent.
From [...]
Well, technically speaking, Cortes de Cima’s 2010 vintage has officially begun, more exactly on the 14th August with the first lot of Verdelho grapes to arrive at the winery. Since then, we have picked small batches of mostly white varities – Verdelho one day, a batch of Viognier another, even a small trial harvest [...]
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