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 [...]

(During Carrie and Hans Jorgensen’s recent passage through Oporto, I had the opportunity, after a pleasant dinner at the local restauranta Casa Aleixo, to exchange a few words with Hans about the wines of Cortes de Cima. It’s based on this brief conversation that I wrote these texts, divided into 4 Blog posts, with short [...]

2010! We are now a decade into the 21st century. Amazing how quickly a decade has passed! We are now into our 3rd decade of living at Cortes de Cima!  For a moment let’s turn the clock back 10 years to the start of the millennium….
At the turn of the last decade, our [...]

Here are the latest results from the Vinalies 2009 competition from Paris!
3 Golds – for Reserva 2004, Syrah 2005 and Incógnito 2005, and 1 Silver – for Aragonez 2005

Blue Wine Magazine, one of Portugal’s most respected wine magazines, has just released it’s list over the TOP 100 of 2008, of wines judged in blind tastings conducted monthly by their panel. We are proud that 2 of our wines have made this distinguished list, Incógnito 2005 and Reserva 2004 both rating 17.5 points.