Álvaro de Castro inherited Quinta da Pellada in 1980 and released the first wine under the Quinta de Saes label in 1989. Pellada, Saes and Outeiro are three separate estates on one elevation near Vila Nova de Tazem, farmed and bottled by the same house from the cellar at Pinhanços, which is why the Saes wines are listed here. His daughter Maria joined in 2001 and records of Pellada reach back to 1527.
Signature wines: Quinta da Pellada, Quinta de Saes, Pape
Address: Rua Prof. Manuel Diamantino 7, 6270-141 Pinhanços, Seia, Portugal, Dão
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.
Tasting: Open daily 10:00 to 18:00 for visits and tastings.
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.
Tasting: Open daily 10:00 to 18:00 for visits and tastings.
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.
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...
