One day back in 2003, an amicable white haired Polish/French gentleman came up our drive, bearing an empty bottle of Cortes de Cima, explaining that he had drunk the wine at his friend’s house in Porto, and loved it so much that he had driven the 475 km from Porto to Cortes de Cima, just to [...]

This week we took part in a conference with a refreshing new concept! With a panel of speakers including national and international wine and food journalists, chefs, wine producers, tourism promoters and medical doctors, overall key-concepts and ideas related to the Mediterranean diet were highlighted – its evolution, conservation, appreciation,and wine and food dynamism in [...]

Surfing the net this morning, I stumbled across this great bit of detective work pieced together by Jo Diaz (Wine Blog)  in her role as advocate for Alentejan wines. Thank you Jo! Jo is a wine marketing and PR specialist based in Sonoma, but recently doing some PR work in Alentejo for some wineries here. I [...]

Our vineyards at Cortes de Cima are interspersed with numerous wetland ponds to foster birdlife such as herons, mallards and our own vineyard geese. Spot our newest goslings!

In 1991, we were the first ones to plant Syrah in the Alentejo, choosing rootstock from southern Rhone clones.   We produce two pure Syrah varietals in our range. The ‘reserve’ quality which is specially bottled under the ‘Incógnito’ label, and is only bottled in exceptional years, and a less concentrated, more popular wine, labeled as [...]