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 [...]

July is here, and with it the vineyard enters the last homestretch of final ripening before all those grapes hanging out there eventually become bottled as Vintage 2011! Soon we will hang up our ‘Gone Fishing’ sign and head off to a beautiful, rugged Portuguese Atlantic beach for some pre-harvest battery recharge. But first [...]

A film of our history, our winemaking philosophy, our vineyards and our winemaking shot during the last harvest.

Harvesting Olives at Cortes de Cima with hand held mechanical harvesters and a quad bike. Our olives are harvested early while still green, for better quality olive oil. Polyphenol content is higher in oils pressed from less ripe fruit, and free fatty acids are extremely low at 0,2% FFA.

2010 has been one of the latest harvests on record at Cortes de Cima. Here, we are in 1st October, and the workers are still busy picking grapes!
Luckily, the weather has been on our side, warm and dry. And the workers, tired from a long day of harvest, find ways to keep up their [...]