Seia estate held by the Sacadura Botte family since the seventeenth century, 100 hectares in all. João de Sande Sacadura Botte Corte Real pushed for the 1908 demarcation of the Dão.
Address: Quinta da Bica, Santa Comba de Seia, 6270-184 Seia, Portugal, Dão
Adega at Lagarinhos, in the Serra da Estrela sub-region, established in 1892 and one of the houses behind the 1908 demarcation of the Dão. Old vines kept, cellar modernised.
Tasting: Monday to Friday 09:00 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 18:00.
Signature wines: Casa da Passarella O Enólogo, Casa da Passarella Villa Oliveira
Family project started in 2018 on the Serra da Estrela slopes, farming 22 hectares organically across seven parcels at Vila Nova de Tazem and Penalva do Castelo.
Tasting: Visits, tastings and wine tourism at the estate on the Serra da Estrela slopes, by arrangement.
Casa Américo's Gouveia property inside the Serra da Estrela natural park, and the source of the Vinha de Púcaros Touriga Nacional Resíduo Zero, which the producer states is the first Iberian wine made from grapes with no pesticide residues.
Tasting: Visits by prior booking at the Quinta do Paço vineyard inside the Serra da Estrela natural park.
Signature wines: Vinha de Púcaros
Vila Nova de Tazem estate assembled parcel by parcel by Alberto Oliveira Pinto, with vines at 500 to 600 metres on granite and traces of schist, farmed under integrated production.
Tasting: Wine shop Monday to Friday 09:00 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 18:00; visits any day by prior booking.
Ten hectares at 500 to 600 metres in the Serra da Estrela sub-region, producing since 2007 and bottling three vegan ranges alongside its Touriga Nacional and Encruzado.
Tasting: Monday to Friday 09:00 to 18:00.
Cooperative founded in 1954 at Vila Nova de Tazem, in the Serra da Estrela sub-region, with vines hidden among pine and olive groves beside the Mondego.
Tasting: Visits and tastings at the adega at the foot of the Serra da Estrela, by arrangement.
After hotel pickup in Coimbra, we take direction to activity start in Viseu. Day dedicated to bicycle touring on an old railway branch that has 130 years of transpor...
